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The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
COMEDIAN CAME
NEAR DROWNING
Frank Daniels Was Being Carried Out
BY the Tide to His
Death.

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MAMA, Fla, Feb. 9.-Frank Dan
iels, the comedian. was today confin-
ed to his bed on his houseboat While
Away, following a narrow escape from
drowning late last night. He had spent
the evening with friends at local
hotel and was trying to board his
launch to return to the houseboat
when he slipped and fell Into the
river.
Tom owens, a negro waiter, who had
accompanied him with a number of
nackages. jumped in after Daniels and
the latter caught him around the
neck Both were being carried out by
the strong tide when Harry Farmer,
Of Chicago, who heard their cries
jumped into boat and rowed out to
them managing to get them into the
boat in an exhausted condition.
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
SOAKED
BY BIG FLOP.
Conditions In Southern Par = the
Country Are SO Alarming r-,at
King Goes to the
Scene.
LAKE OF ANDALUs1A
Many Famous Noes Ruins Inundated
and There Has Been Great Loss
Of Life and
Stock.

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MADRID, Feb. 9.--Alarmed by the
conditions in southwestern Spain
where thousands of acres have been
inundated and scores of lives lost,
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria
left today for the scene of the flood.
1t was reported that the king would
take personal charge of the rescue
work. Alfonso was deeply grieved by
reports of the havoc in the most pic
turesque section of his kingdom, and
refused to listen to his advisors who
urged him to remain at the capital
and give his attention to affairs of
state.
According to dispatches received
late today, the fertile valleys of An
dalusia have been turned into a vast
lake. Thousands of cattle and other
live stock have been drowned The
loss of human life could not be es-
timated but it was said that it will
be very large.
Rescuing parties were forced to
use boats to take marooned families
from the roofs and treetops. Much
suffering was reported among the
survivors and the government SEM
tents and provisions to the scene.
/ Andalusia was formerly occupied BY
the Moors and many famous ruins are
inundated. The rains continued toda.
land With the snow IN the mountains
4 melting rapidly, little hope was es
pressed that the floods would subsid
soon.
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
Has Great Appetite.

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WETHERSFIELD, Conn, Feb. 8. -
Sentenced to be hanged on March 30,
Andrea Tanganelli, slayer of Mrs.
Mamie Davis, was said by the prison
warden today to be getting SO fat
that new clothes We're necessary. The
condemned man seems Indifferent to
his fate, his chiefest concern being
that his meals be served on time.
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
hlne Of Monarchs Reaching
Back Through Centuries
is Now Ended.

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M rWsAsHiNGToN, Feb - Ending a
Az o monarchs reaching back
sm, ough centuries. the present baby
2haa, huperor, Pu Wi, will be the last to
Sear that title.
MAJ. 's was the news in state depart.
ma, ~ dispatches today, saying the
slsnn NJ ~, government had agreed that
AZ, f'alperial y title shall die With the in
ners. mug. AT his death the last EN-,
NJ. s. u the oldest nation viii pass
oa,,s NM me Manchu princes also have
@7s'''ea, II is officially reported,
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
Weather Conditions.

The area of high pressure in the
northern plateau region has remained
nearly stationary, causing colder
weather from the Missouri river to the
Atlantic coast and there has been
snow in portions of the lake region,
the pressure continuing low, although
increasing in the lower lake region.
Conditions indicate fair weather for
this section tonight and Saturday,
moderating Saturday.
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
Paddy Ryan Beat the Bridge
Trust and Saved the
City ss0o,0oo.

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NEW YORK, Feb. 9.--In the su-
preme court here today was unfolded
the story of how Paddy Ryan, plain,
unlettered policeman, of Youngstown,
Ohio, beat the bridge trust, built the
Manhattan bridge, saved the city
$s000O0, and created a s2,o0o.o0O for
tune for himself
The story was told in the suit of
Cornelius ]. Sullivan, relative of Big
Tim, against Ryan for half his
profits for the erection of the great
bridge across the East river. The
specifications were carried out along
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
Next HOUSE TO
BE REPUBLICAN
viii Have at Least Forty Majority Ac-
cording to Mckiniey's
Prediction.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 9-That the
next house will be republican by at
least forty majority was the confident
prediction made by Chairman McKin-
ley Republican, Ill.) Of the republican
congressional committee, following a
meeting of that body. This prophecy,
he said, was based on careful can
vass.
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
Naval Activity in Today's News.

= Naval Activity in Today's News. =
. Winston Churchill, first Lord of .
. the British Admiralty announces 9
= that Great Britain will maintain .
o her naval supremacy at all costs .
. Kaiser prepares to rush bill q
. through Reichstag providing a .
3 tremendous increase in the Ger .
. man navy. 2
= Japanese Minister of Marine q
. says Japan must have eighteen =
. more battlships, eight of them 4
= dreadnaughts, before 1920. Z
= France orders three dread 4
. naughts.
= Advocates of an increased navy
. for the United States cite the 4
= above activity in attack upon the
= democratic not-building policy. 4
a a a a a a a I
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
Near Riot in Chicago.

CHICAGO, Feb. 9.-Armed with Pc
titions Of candidates at the April pri-
maries, 200 men stormed the Offices
OF the election commissioner at mid
night to secure advantageous posi-
tions on the ballot. Windows we're
smashed and doors battered down in
the wild scramble that followed the
long wait OF the petition bearers,
Police were called out to keep order
and protect the thirty-five clerks who
received the petitions. The names of
candidates go on the ballot in the
order in which the petitions are fled.
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
p9UTAL MURDER
5 4iOu1 uOh6
AR0USES Town
Everybody In Grand island is Search
Ing for Pus-Nosed Peddler Who
Committed Henious
Crime
GIRLS BATTERED BODY
After TWO Days Search Il Was Found
Concealed Beneath Sacks Of
Lime In Vacant
House.

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Practically all of Grand Island Is to-
day engaged in a hunt for the un-
known fiend who assaulted and muir
dered ten year old Goldie Williams.
whose mutilated body was discovered
yesterday in vacant house, two
days after she disappeared from home.
Under several sacks of lime, these
covered by door. lay the outraged,
bruised and beaten corpse of the miss
ing girl. A scantling. bloody and with
locks of the child's hair matted to it,,
told of the struggle OF the helpless
little girl to resist the degenerate in
to whose power she had placed her
self, child-like. on his promise to buy
her pair of skates.
The girls assailant is believed to
have been travelling peddler. His
pug-nose and closely cropped dark
mustache are expected by the authori-
tiles to make Identification certain.
/ Neighbors saw the girl in company
with man of this description only a
! few hours before she was reported
missing. The frenzied parents at first
suspected kidnapping, but it was not
until the search Of the vacant house
/ brought forth its grewsome discovery
that their worst fears We're realized.
Sheriff's posses today are scourina
4 the country in all directions, ba'
fear that the Afend may have escaped
on freight train.
Another Attack.
/ OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 9.--Margaret
Lay, the 13 year old daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. A. D. Lay of Hastings, Neb.
was attacked by an unknown man
who is believed to be the same one
\ who assaulted and murdered little
SGoldie Williams at Grand Island.
4 The little Lay girl was on her way
home from school. The man, whose
description follows that of the Grand
Island fiend, drove up and forced hel
to get in the rig with him. When he
attempted to caress her she struggled
SO desperately that he was forced tc
seize the lines to keep the horses
from running away.
Then the girl leaped to the roat
and escaped. The girl was delirious al
last night and is in critical condi
tion today.
The whole state Is looking for th'
man who killed the little Williams
girl Late advices today say that ~
was seen going toward Harvard, Neb
in the central part of the state.
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
Arrests Next Week.

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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Feb. 9. w.
Federal officials here hoped to com
plete the preparation of capiases and
copies of the two score dynamiting
indictments today. It is expected that
arrests in the alleged dynamiting
conspiracy viii be made early next
week.
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
FILE PETITIONS
OVER IN ILLINOIS
Names go on Ballot In Order Received
and That Caused Wild
Scramble BY PoIItI-
clans.
THE CRY OF FAvoRITIsM
Some Office Seekers Were Present in
Person While Others Sent
Papers Through the
Mails.

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SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. Paul
Y. Perry, representative of. the Illinois
progressive republicans, raised thel
cry of irregularities and favoritism at
the quadrennial filing of petitions for
state officers for the April primary
today when petitions mailed UNDER
special delivery stamps were handled
first in the office of the secretary of
state. 4 had positive assurance from
Postmaster Wheeler and Chief Clerk
Clanahan of the secretary of states
office that the regular mail petitions
would be handled ahead of the spec
ials, as is the custom of the office. At
1:40 O'Clock this mornings a special
messenger arrived from the postof-
fee with approximately $50 petitions.
He was met by James Gullett of the
secretary's office, who entered with
him and receipted for the petitions"
Mr. Gullett denies the story of ir-
Irregularities. He said he accidentally
met the mail carrier and rode up in
the elevator with him.
Hundreds Of petitions were received
today by mail, and at noon today at
taches of the secretary Of states Of
flee were still working over them with
a line of nearly hundred waiting out
side the door. Some Of these have
besn there for forty days and most
of them since early this morning. II
will be late tonight before any state.
ment can be made as to who will lead
the ballot.
Petitions OF Governor Deneen, Sen.
ator Jones, of Chicago; States Attor.
ney John E. w. Wayman, of Chicago:
Len Small, o. Kanaakee: Charles
Hurburgh, of Galesburg, and John j
Brown. Of Danville for the republican
nomination for governor were sent
u through the mail. Richard Yates, OF
Springfield. will formally announce
his candidacy tomorrow and file later
Len Small's petition was carried into
the Office of the secretary of state al
,t7.30 by Richard M. Sullivan OF Spring
field, but whether it was marked filed
lat that hour is not known.
Ben F. Caldwell. of Chatham: Ed
ward F. Dunno of Chicago. and Sam
uel Alschuler, of Aurora, filed for the
democratic nomination for governor.
Most of the candidates intended tt
. file their petitions in person, bu
when half the membership of the gen
/, eral assembly appeared here last night
they realized how futile it would b,
and mailed their papers, the secretar,
having recently ruled that mail peti
!, tions would be given first considera
). tion
!. The names go on the ballot in thu
!. order filed and it is generally conced
ed that the candidate who secures frs
/ place has an advantage of approx
(, Hmately $4,000 votes. For forty-tw'
: days, twelve watchers working Il
+ shifts OF eight hours each and said t
Q represent the I1orimer republicans an
the Sullivan democrats, have bee
4 waiting at the secretary Of state
4 door in order to be the first in line.
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
STATE MILITIA
FOR THE BORDER
Orders Have Been Prepared and VIII
be Issued just as Soon as
Such Move la
Required.
REVOLT rs SPREADING
Mexican Battle May Take Place on the
Streets Of Ei Paso Which
Is Aroused Over
Prospects.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.---While
denying that orders had been issued to
state militia to proceed to the border,
war department officials today admit
ted that such orders had been prepar-
ed and only awaited General Woods
signature to make them effective The
preparation of these orders, 1t WAS
said, was only precautionary and In
tended to save time should the neces-
sity of ordering militia to the border
arise.
However, no troops will be moved to
the border until conditions got serious.
| Reports from Ambassador Wilson at
Mexico City received here today state
that the wave of revolt is apparently
sweeping over all Mexico Casas
| Grandes, Santa Roaslia, Chihuahua,
| Parras and Matamoros In the north;
Vera Cruz, Michoiacan. Aguila and
Chilpancingo in the south, are all
either In the hands of the rebels or
/ threatening revolt while Americans
from all parts Of Mexico are flocking
to the capital for protection.
The rebels have also gained control
of all railroad and telegraph com
i munication north of Monterey and lit.
tie information can be obtained re-
garding that region.
d d fear Fight In Et Paso Streets.
: Ell PASO, Tex Feb. 9-Citizens OF
Ell Paso today fear fighting between
: Mexican federals and Vazquistas in the
J streets of this American city. Early
! today rurales, who are said to be Vaz-
J quistas In sympathy began arriving in
\ Juarez. They were preceded by
l special train bearing $50 of their
horses and two pieces of artillery. At
il the same time announcement has been
! made that several hundred federals
, are coming tonight from Eagle Pass
! to Juarez, passing over American ter.
ritery.
1t is feared in Ell Paso that the ru-
rales deserting to the revolutionists
will try to keep the federals from en-
tering Juarez and the fighting would
necessarily have to be done in Ell
Pasc.
A formal protest from the city Off
!. cials against permitting the federal
troops coming through El Paso will be
filed today.
The peace commission sent to Casas
: Grandes yesterday returned this morn
!, ing and it was announced had partial.
! ly succeeded In it's mission The
: reyolutionists agreed to repair the
railroad bridges burned during the
fighting below Casas Grandes.
Great Excitement.
' PRESIDE, Texas, Feb 9.-The
greatest excitement was caused here
: today by the sudden appearance of a
force of 200 Mexican revolutionists
commanded by Emilio Ramirez, form
er Madero leader, before the town of
] Oiinaga, across the border from Presi-
e dio
i Ramirez has given the federal gar
It rison of Oiinaga until six O'Clock this
L evening to surrender or resist an az
n tack. The population of the town has
a fled to Presidio for protection.
Y, large detachment of United States
4 troops has been ordered to patrol this
part Of the border.
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
Entombed Miners Released.

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AMADERO CITY, Calf, Feb. 9.
The sixty-6ve miners who were en-
tombed in the Bunker Hill mine near
here were rescued alive. None of them
had sustained any injuries, and all
reported that they felt no Ill effects
from their long Imprisonment.
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
] WORKS
But UNCLE N SAM
,,,,.d state. Sitting Idly 1y and
w.srsing Other Nations Add 70
Their Fleet Of
Ships.
IApAr TO BE BUSY
.,oht.en New Warshlps to be Built
Including Eight Dreadnaushts
While England Keeps
Adding.
|JApAN TO BE BUSY
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II WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.--Navy de-
partnient officials today were hopeful
3,haf the announcement that Japan
will build eighteen new warships, in
ending eight dreadnaughts. might in
4 duce congress to regard more serious
/ i the departments contention that the
limited States must maintain suprem-
acy in the Pacific by additional war
yessels
i Advocates of the two battieships a
/ year program today planned to use, the
Information regarding Japan as the
basis for the fight in the house for
amendment OF the democratic naval
sppropriation bill. The measure does
/ not provide for any battieships.
4 It was pointed out that the new In
crease in Japan's armament will put
the Nippon navy only two vessels be-
bind the American sea-fighting forces.
England Must Lead.
GLASGOW, Feb. 9-England in
teIissto maintain her naval suprem-
ses regardless of the opinion of any
other nation. Winston Churchill,
E first lord Of the admiralty, made this
very plain in a speech at a luncheon
IN his honor here today.
40nr naval supremacy. !. he said,
s II az absolute necessity for the pres,
erration Of the empire we must at
al times realize this. 1t Is necessary
therefore that our present program be
continued without regard for any 9th
er nation. None other Is confronted
hy the problems we have to meet.
In the threatened event Of con
tnual continental naval increase de
family continued Churchill, Great
Britain will simply increase her ratio
By that means we will easily outdis
lance all other powers to such an ex
lent that It will be hopeless for them
. attempt to follow
He declared that so far as aggres
Sion is concerned that was farthest
from the thoughts of the British gov
ernment. The great navy. he said
vas needed. because OF the widel,
scattered possessions of Great Brit
ain, scme of which required constan
protection.'
Naval power for US is a necessity,
ne said ''sSut 1t is a luxury for Ger
hany. That is. great navy is neces
saTy for our existence but in Gel
nans's case great navy means e,
pansion and the reaching out for th
foreign trade,
He added that England's relation
aie most friendly at present with al
q the foreign powers.
Race in Building.
LONDON, Feb. Q. From exec
lent authority the Pail Mall Gazett
'0day said it learned that the res
purpose Of War Secrets ry Haldane
slslt 70 Berlin was to interest tn
gernai, vernment in a plan to en-
sae dreadnanght building race /
winch the two countries are engage,
The BELIEF in semi-official circles t
aay was that Germany would listen
.ne proposition as her people are nj
Y sympathy with the big army an
navy plan.
announcement that Germany inten
y % push bill through the reichsta
y eSpend many millions for new ba
aeships Is believed to have inspire
Haldana,c y;c;+
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
Local Observations.

Feb. S, p. NJ, II degrees, clear.
Feb. 9, Z a. m, / below, clear. J.
Mean temperature for Feb s, 10 de
yress, highest temperature Is, lowest
!, lowest last night below zero.
FRED q. G0SEWIsCH.
The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09

Fair Slightly Warmer To-
morrow. Local Temp. Z p. m.
II; Z a. m., / below zero.
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19

routes and to serve thousands of ad-
ditional patrons on existing routes with
little or no increased cost. But the
Taft program Of postal reform and
progress is not yet completed. The
president is urging congress to adopt
legislation for the readjustment Of
postage rates on a basis of cost, which
will eventually permit Of a ! cent rate
on letter mail. A project also is under
way for giving to village communities
the same free delivery Of mail that is
now enjoyed by cities and the rural
population.
The establishment of a domestic par
Gel post has received the earnest con-
sideration of the president. In some
branches OF the delivery service. nota-
bly, the rural and city delivery routes.
the equipment now necessary is suf-
ficient for the additional transportation
Of considerable merchandise with little
or no increase in expense.
President Taft, accordingly, has ur-
gently recommended to congress the
adoption Of the necessary legislation,
and to present the issue clearly, three
items of $4,000 each have been includ-
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19
TAFT DEFEATS RAILROADS.
Prevents Increase In Freight Rates /
Vigorous Action.

Prevents Increase In Freight Rates /
Vigorous Action.
President Tafts method Of doing h.,
! work as president without seeking e.
achieve personal nOtoriety from hi.
/ good works was never better illustrat-
ed than in his ultimatum to the rail
roads of the country which prevented
a general increase in railroad rates just
prior to the adoption of amendments
to the railroad rate law two years ago.
The president served notice upon the
railroads that if they anticipated the
new law they would be hailed into
| court and as a result of subsequent
conferences the railroads agreed t.
postpone their action until the new Law
was passed.
In the new law of congress PreSidenl
Taft assisted in inserting a provision
which transferred from the shou der,
Of the shipper to that Of the railroad
the burden Of proof in establishing th,
reasOnableness OF a railroad rat
Prior to that time the practice haC
been just the opposite, with the resu
that many shippers who were or hac
been suffering from discriminatory
rates or practices. were unable to prov,
their cases without great expense O.
long litigation or both. Under this new
aw the railroads subsequently mad,
application for an increase in theil
rates and the interstate commerce CON
mission, not being satisfied with th,
showing of the railroads as to theii
reasonableness. denied them. Thus
one Of the great achievements Of Presi
dent Taft came 10 pass. an achieve.
ment which affected every man, won.
an and child in the country, but it was
done so quietly that 1t has almost been
forgotten by many who were benefited,
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19

bureau OF MINES Tt tplaces the United
States in advance of other nations with
respect to this research and expert
mental work in mines. Numerous tests
are made at this experimental mine
from which many excellent results are
obtained.
Still another important work which
is conducted under the auspices of the
bureau of mines is the rescue of en-
tombed miners. Since the creation Of
the bureau many hundreds of lives
have been saved. At the big mining
disaster in Ohio one Of the rescue corps
Of the bureau of mines arrived at the
scene thirty-two hours after the disas-
ter. Three men were rescued who had
been given up as dead and allowed to
remain in the mine. At another time
one man was found alive among $50
dead and today he Is the sole survivor
of that terrible catastrophe due to the
splendid work of the rescue corps.
Before the bureau of mines was
made possible by the interest Of Pres.
ident Taft, which was followed by the
necessary legislation for its establish
ment, there was no organized effort in
saving the lives of entOmbed miners.
Time and again men have sacrificed |
their lives in vain attempts to rescue |
their companions This unnecessary |
sacrifice of life has been stopped by I
the cooperation of the state authOri-
ties with the federal rescuers attached |
to the bureau Of mines An investiga-
ton Of the fuel resources Of the Unit
ed States is also being made with a
view Of checking the waste and in
creasing the efficiency with which fuel
is used. This latter phase of the work
is a part of the practical conservation
policy of the Taft administration.
Milford chronicle., 1912-04-19
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
DELEGATES PLEDGED TO
TAFT.

The delegates to the Republican
national convention pledged to
President Taft on Saturday, April
6, 1912, numbered $50, as follows: