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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-18

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service j
VIENNA. Nov. 1s.--Turkey's claim
that the Bulgarians have at last sur
fered a severe check in their advance
on Constantinople was regarded here
today as corroborated In several con-
vincing ways.
More to the point than any other
one thing was the stiffenlng Of the OF
toman diplomatic representatives at
the various European capitals in their
attitude concerning peace terms.
Hitherto, since the succession OF Tur-
kish defetas between Mustapah Pasha.
and Chatalja, the sultan has fairly
clamored for Intervention by the pow.
ers. Today, while 1t was still a1mH-
ted that he expects to make conces-
sions to secure cessation of hostili.
ties, 1t was intimated that he does mol
feel there was need for such desper-
ate haste about 1t.
Sofia, too, which has been very
prompt in the past In reporting every
Bulgarian victory, was profoundly sill
ern concerning the latest develop
ments before Constantinople. Final
| ly, the story that the Turks repulseo
the Bulgarian attempt Saturday to
batter down the last line OF the Tur'
kish capitals defenses rested not
alone on Turkish authority. but also
on that OF disinterested foreigners in
the city.
! Assuming 1t to be true that Gar
Ferdinand's forces have been effectu
ally stopped, 1t was agreed here thar
! the allies will have to modify their de.
mands and make peace with the Turks
! in short order.
Greece has not completely exhaust.
| ed it's resources, but Bulgaria, Servia
and Montenegro have sent every avail
able fighting man to the front. They
cannot reinforce the armies they have
/ already in the field. And winter is
now rapidly closing in throughout the
Balkans. The Bulgarian force before
Constantinople must either advance
or fall back. 1t will be impossible fol
\ it to remain many more days encamp
] ed in the open.
Should 1t be compelled to retreat
and await spring for a resumption o.
i the campaign, the Turks will be giver
ample time to re-organize their shat
tered European forces, strengthen
them enormously from Asia, and re
sumo warfare when the weather again
makes fighting possible.
I 1t was argued from all this that thu
allies will be sent forward anxious Il
bring the struggle to a close as speed
lily as possible Nor was 1t deemed
4 likely that the Turks, for all Of theiI
reported temporary success, would b'
backward about accepting any reason
able offer. The cholera epidemic be
/ hind the Chatalja lines has reache'
such proportions that according t.
the testimony of foreign physicians n
Constantinople, the safety OF all Eu
rope Is threatened.
Twelve thousand Turkish soldier
were reported today in a special 7
the Frankfort Gazette, to have died o
, the disease in the past week.
The widest fancy cannot pictur
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-18
Pollock is Dead.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
DIES MONIES, Nov. 1S.-W. G. POI
lock is dead at Mercy hospital from
the effects Of injuries received eigh-
teen years ago when he was assaulted
and robbed of $4,000 worth of dia-
monds on a train near Council Bluffs
by Frank Shercliffe, noted desperate.
now serving life sentence in the
Colorado penitenfrary for murder. The
case which later involved Omaha
politicians was of nationwide inter
est.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-18
Demand Immediate War.

SHANGHAI, Nov. IS. Thousanos
of Chinese are enrollins as voiun-
teers for service against Russia in
the event Of war to prevent the car
from grabbing outer Mongolia. A tre-
mendous mass meeting was held in
Canton yesterday at which an imme-
diate declaration Of hostilities was de
manded,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-18
Cod Weather Is Rapidly Closing in On the Bat
tlefields and Turkeys Assailants Will Have
to Abandon the Assault.
ALL EUROPE THREATENED BY CHOLERA
Widest Fancy Cannot Picture Inhuman Treat
ment of the Soldiers, Who Are Treated
Worse Than Dogs.

the scenes along the defense line, the
Gazette's correspondent asserted. soi-
diers fall dead with guns in their
hands. The railroad is lined with
their corpses. Dogs would not be so
brutally treated In civilized country.
Dying men are kicked from the trains
with q ruthlesBness absolutely In
human.
Three thousand stricken men,
brought into San Stefano in box cara.
were left without medical attention.
or even food for twenty-four hours.
begging piteously for only a few cam
teens Of water.
In several instances, according to
the Gazette's report, the Bulgarians
have been surprised at the cessation
of resistance by the defenders of en-
trenchments where they have previ-
ously had hard fighting and taken
them, to find them filled with dead
| and dying Turks-cholera victims.
| Fresh detachments of marines were
the foreign warships In the Bosphor-
us, 1t was stated in message from
| the Turkish capital.
i Further appeals to the powers were
also dispatched by the foreign resi-
4 dents today against allowing either
! the Turkish or Bulgarian troops To-
! enter the city while cholera continues
to rage among them.
Despite the fact that arrests we're
| stIl being made by wholesale today,
+ 1t was said the governments position
continued very precarious. Foreigners
expressed surprise at first at the facr
that 1t was OF the young Turks, who
surely could not be suspected OF plot
ting Abdul Hamid's restoration, the
authorities seemed most fearful.
/ When it transpired, however, that It
was republic under Chefket Pasha
that they planned to establish, the
4 situation was explained.
i Chefket, who commanded the force
which captured the capital just before
i Abduis deposition and served untii
recently as war minister is not him
self young Turk, but has always
been friendly with the young Turkish
leaders. Foreigners consider him the
strongest man In Turkey and believe,
at the head OF its government, that he
might do much for the country,
Guarding U. 8. Embassy.
LONDON, Nov 1S--British marines
j, are guarding the United States en-
bassy in Constantinople. according to
report received here today from the
/ commander of the English warships
/. in the Bosphorus.
, Earlier messages had stated that
: eighty Americans were landed from
the United States guardship Scorpion
| to protect the embassy but later ad-
, vices were to the effect that the Scor-
, pion, small craft, was able to fur
; nish only six men. AS the Constansr
nople situation was growing hourly
) more threatening and foreign as wen
) as native christians were in danger or
violence at the hands OF the Moham-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-18
Mrs. Lesh Makes Voluntary
Confession and Returns
to Missouri.

United Press Leased Wire Service.]
SEDALIA, No. Nov. 18.-Accom-
panied by deputy sheriff, Mrs. Pansy
Ellen Lesh arrived here today from
Los Angeles and was placed in the
county jail. While in the Calitornfa
city Mrs. Lesh confessed to having
murdered two women in Missouri sew
eral years ago Her confession was
voluntary as she believed her husband
was about to betray her. Today she
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-18
Little Joseph Josephs Was Tortured and Muir
cred By Man Who Evidentally Has Mania
for Cruelty.
An EDUCATED PROMINENT CITIZEN
Search for His Slayer Who Writes That
He Will Surrender.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. /
BUFFALO, N. T., Nov. 1S. Every
business house and the schools In
the little steel town OF Lackawanna.
suburb. was closed between 8 and
1890 today. During that period the
funeral services of little Joseph
Josephs, child victim OF the most
mysterious maniac murderer Buffalo
has ever had to deal with, were held
IN st. Charles church. Four school
mates OF the dead boy acted as pail.
bearers and the church was not big
enough to accommodate all who
would attend. The grief-stricken
mother was not there. She has col
lapsed under the strain of many
weary months Of waiting. hoping
against hope that the child she loved
SO well had been kidnapped and that
he would yet be restored to her. Then
came the revelation that he was dead
and that he had been cruelty tortured
before merciful unconsciousness put
an end to his sufferings. The realiza-
tion was too much for the mother, al
ready weakened by the months OF
torture Of mind and today the doctors
In attendance fear she will die DR..
w. M. Ross, after visiting the stric,,s-
on woman today. said that she was
being kept quiet with bromides, but
that he faared she would not survive
the ordeal,
An enormous crowd besieged the
home Of the Josephs before the flner-
al hoping to be permitted to view the
body. But all we're kept away be
cause Of the illness of the mother and
only q very few close relatives were
permitted to enter the house for the
brief funeral services there that pre-
ceded the formal church services.
The police have very little hope OF
capturing the murderer unless he
should be caught red-handed in anoth'
4 er crime, or unless he should keep his
word and surrender. The tinge OF
remorse that runs through all of the
Postal cards received by the police
leads to the hope that the man may
vet surrender and confess.
Like Banquo's ghost my
crimes will not down" he
wrote III one OF the last com
munications received and ther
said that he would give himself VI
on Wednesday. Police Chief Gibsor
of IIAckawanna, who is In direc
charge OF the investigation, said to
day that there Is one man, a wealth!
resident Of Buffalo. who will be cues
toned ia the case. He said that HI
ma not asked for warrant because
the evidence available was intangible
but that he personally intended t
force the individual to account for al
of his movements during the monti
of October, 1911, the time when tn
little boy was slain.
Expert criminologists at work ol
the case say that they believe tn
murderer Is about middle aged an ap
parent egotist. who is very fopptsh \
his dress and there is little doub
from postal cards that he is highl.
educated He has confessed in nj
Eritings to either three or four mnr
dera, according to the interpretatiol
put upon the various cards and t
twelve attempts, all following assault
0n children.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-18
PASTOR Will Install Machine
and Give Free Show
Every Sunday Night.

limited Press Leased Wire service.l ]
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 1S.--The alb.
aprbing topic OF discussion in church
circles here today is the announce
naent Rev. Charles w. Savidge Of the
Peoples Church made to his congre-
ration last night, that he would IN
stall moving picture machine In his
phurch give free picture shows and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-18
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and Vicinity: Fair to-
night and Tuesday.
For Illinois: Fair tonight and Tues-
day. Slightly warmer south and cen
trail portion tonight.
For Iowa: Fair tonight and Tues
day.
For Missouri: Fair tonight and
Tuesday. Warmer south portion to-
night.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-18

There has been one other murder IN
Buffalo which paralleled this one,
but in that case the victim was girl,
six year old Marian Phelps, who was
decoyed from her home on West
avenue and Hudson street nearly elev-
en- years ago. She was taken to Del
aware park, attacked and then choked
to death as was the Josephs boy. The
fiend was never caught and the po-
lice today believe there may have
been connection between the two
murders.
Search In Boston.
BOSTON, Nov. 1s.-Police Inspec-
tors Conway and Hart, with more
than score of the best men In the
Boston department, were searching
every nook and corner of the city to-
day for clues in the hunt for the
murderer OF little Joseph Josephs in
the steel town OF Lackswanna, Buff
falo suburb. They have the letter
written In the fremont Hotel last
week and mailed to Buffalo telling of
the murder and also two post cards
which were mailed from this city
telling Of the crime.
The police are also trying to trace
the movements OF the man arrested
under suspicion in Rochester, and
who claims to have been resident
Of this city. 1t is believed by Inspec-
tor Conway that he has a lumber Of
valuable clews and that IL the man
wanted is still in this city his arrest
is certain.
Has Manila for Murder.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1S-Stirred by
+ the written confession OF the postal
card" murderer who cruelty destroyed
little seven year old Joseph Josephs
| at Lackawanna, Buffalo suburb
/ that he also killed Michael Ricac
Kruk. eleven, in Central Park, IN De
cember, 1902, the New York police to
day re-opened Investigation Of the
deaths of a number of children thai
have never been explained. Detectives
were ordered by Commissioner Dough
erty to get out the old dust-covered
records and see If there was a con
inection between the murderer a
large with his stories OF crime writ
ten on postal cards and these Older
cases.
The chief result to date has beer
doubt whether Herbert Dennison, th'
l'smad actor" really killed Robert Lo
mas and Arthur Shipley In Higl
bridge Park on January Is, 1910. Thu
1.-TWO boys were sleigh riding In Wash
lington Heights Park when the.
were shot and killed. Dennison wa
i arrested. A pistol which was alleges
i to beiong to him was found. 1t sool
4 developed that he was insane AM
4 without being brought before jur.
on the murder charge. he was al
4 raigned on one of insanity and sent t.
4 the Matteawan asylum where he nov
Ills. There was growing belief toda,
that the slayer OF the Josephs ant
Kruk boys was also guilty OF the tw'
other crimes.
A The records OF the Kruk murde
show that there were deep blu
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-18
Local Observations

Mean temperature 18th, 40.
Lowest temperature, 2S.
Highest temperature, So.
Lowest temperature last night. 36.
FRED z. GOSEWISCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-18
Daily River Bulletin.
River Forecast

River Forecast
The change In river stage will be
slight from Davenport to Keokuk for
several days.
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-18
PROGRESS ON CITY BUILDING.
Arrangements to Protect Market
From Flies.

The first coat of paint has been put
on the walls of the old part of the
city hall and market house, and the
work of putting on the steel ceiling
in the market house is under way.
Careful arrangements are being
made TO protect the market from
flies. There will be a double vesti-
bule for receiving meat. Whsn a
delivery Of meat is made. it j. first
TO be carried into the near vesti-
bule, from which every fly will be
driven before the door to the second
vestibL.e opened. When the sec
ond door has been opened the same
detail Will be gone through, and the
product. taken into the marko- pro-
per. BY doing this, it is said that
freedom from flies is certain.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-18
COMPLIMENT TO VISITOR
FROM SAN ANTONIO

Miss Mary Bertha Hicks, the
young daugh .er of Mr.. and Mrs. o.
l. Hicks, entertained Tuesday after
noon at the residence of her parents.
in honor Of her guest, Miss Carrie
Louise Fortran Of San Antonio, the
daughter OF Or. and Mrs. F. J. Ccnbe
of San Antonio.
Many amusing games were PLAYED
among them the always enjoyable
donkey game. The prize was award
ed to Miss Stella Mae Batsell. The
guests prize, awarded to Miss Fort
ran, was a handsome hand mirror.
Refreshments were served after the
game was concluded.
Those present, besides the honor
guest, We're Misses Stella Mae Batsell,
Florence Besteiro, Kathleen Craig,
Margaret West, Alberta Pierce,
Frances Grider, Lizzie Starck, Jo-
esphine Starck, Marie Gomez, Corinne
Young and the hostess.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-18
COMMERCIAL SECRETARIES
OF VALLEY TO ORGANIZE
Preliminary Steps Have Been Taken
and Meeting Will Be Held July 27
To Perfect Plan.

y. j. Lear, secretary Of the Ray
mondville Commercial Club, has in
terested himself in the effort to es-
tablish an organization of commercial
secretaries in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley-that section between the
sand hills and the river.
With this end in view, a meeting
was held Tuesday in The rooms Of
the Brownsville Chamber of Com
merce. The meeting was attended By
-. j. Lear, j, B. Hooks of Donna.
Claud McCawley of Rio H0ndo, T.. B.
Mcfarland Of Harlingen, J.. D. Free
MAI of San Juan and L. A. Whitney
of the Brownsville organization. Mr..
Whitney was appointed chairman Of
the temporary organization, and Mr..
Mcfarland secretary.
A mo ION wa offered to form the
association but after consideration it
was thought best to withhold organ
iZing until the other secre aries in
the valley own were given an op-
portunity to cooperate in the organ
iZation.
Therefore it was decided to hold
another meeting in Brownsville on
July u, at one o'clock, at which
time the matter of organizing a com
mercial secretaries association for
the Rio Grande Valley will be under
taken.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-18
LOCAL TENNIS PLAYERS
ORGANIZE A CLUB

A tennis club wa organized yes
terday afternoon by a number Of
Brownsville young men who are in
tcrested in this outdoor SPORT 1t
is proposed to have tournaments,
and the winners are to challenge
players from other towns.
The membership is composed Of
Massrs. Coy, Fox, q. l.. Kowalski,
Lawrence Smith, j. w. Smythe, AL
bert Fernandez, Paul Kowalski, Kent
Holt, Dulin and Yates. Mr.. Yates
was elected president, Mr.. Fcrnan-
DEE, manager, and Paul Kowalski,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
A committee consisting of Messrs.
Kent, Smith and Coy was appointed
to arrange for scheduling courts and
other matches connected with the
organization.
The club numbers among its mem
bership a few who are far from be-
ing novices at the game. As much
interest is being manifested, it Il ex-
pacted to turn out some very good
amateur tennis players.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-18
TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF STRANGE VISITORS

Evidently another convention is to
be held somewhere south of Browns
vile, and it is guaranteed that here
will be thousands, nay; tens Of thOus-
ands OF visitors. They are nothing but
little, ugly moth Of some kind. They
have been thick in the business dis
trict during the past two days and
all are flying in the same direction
south.
A wag suggested yesterday that
they were going 0 the experimental
station in Fort Brown to be examined
by the bu%golOeists there, and an
other opined that they were on their
way o spend the balance Of the sum
mer in Mexico.
At all events, they are here in plen-
ty and are unwelcome visitors at
best. No authority could be found
who could explain their presence but
some venture the sugges ion that
their visit may be productive soon
of cotton worms.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-18
FOR REPUBLICAN,
COUNTY CONVENTION

A call has been issued BY j. l..
Workman, Cameron county chairman
of the Republican party. for a con
vention to be held in the FEEDER
al court room, Brownsville, at $50
p. IN. August 3. The convention is to
held for the purpose Of verifying re-
turns from the precinct primary con-
'ventions, which are TO take place
July 81. the same day on which the
democratic primaries are TO be held.
In the precinct primary conyen-
lions, a county chairman and eXecu-
tive committeeman are to be elect
ed, and a county ticket nominated.
The precinct chairmen are: Pre-
.cinct No. 1. Manuel Aguilar: pre-
.cinct No. ?. Geo. E. French; pre-
cinet No. 3. VIM. Workman; Pre-
cinct No. 4. Emile Wise: precinct
No. 3. David Maltby: precinct No.
G, Isidoro Longorio: precinct No. z.
.Chas. u Moore; precinct No. s,
Hermna\Rock; precinct No. 9. Jus
tino CortG; precinct No. 10, Jesus
Abrego: pr\cinct No. IL, Pedro Lon
goria; preeSA ct No. II. v l.. VIII
liams; preciny No. 13. Fred Schaf;
precinct No. T. w. Bauer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-18
Freight Receipts.

Receipts at the freight house yes
terday included four ears Of mer-
chandise, one car of packing house
products. two Ears OF gravel, one car
of oil, two cars Of beer, one a Of
and one car of sand.
Two cars or ice were shipped out,
one TO San Juan and one to Donna,
also a al Of oil was shipped to Sam
fordyce.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-18
NOTICE.

A meeting Of the Knights Of Col
umbUs will be held a the lodge rooms
in the Coomb Bldg, tonight at $50
o'clock.
j. r. II. VESSER0N
Financial Secretary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-18

More than two hundred arrests
have made for alleged cleo Jon ire
Gularitics in Mexico. Which shows
that ,here is progress iu that coun-
try. Galveston News.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-18
PERSONALS

lis EIlUUiHnEU j
+ Z Y K X X X x y K K X
Ed. SCHNEIDER is spending his vaca-
ton a. Point Isabel.
Mis- Mae Goodrich of Robstown re-
turned yesterday afternoon to her
home. she has been visiting Mrs. y.
w. Batsell.
F. r. Maier Of New York city ia
4 business visitor in this city.
n. A. Nelson Of Corpus Christi was
here yesterday.
T. H. Thorn and H. z. Maggie, bc i
Of San Francisco, Cal, are ~vi-itors
in this city. They are registered at
the Miller hotel.
c. II. Copeland Of Paramount, Ind,
is a visitor in Brownsville.
l.. G. Hamilton Of Anahuac is a
business visitor in this city.
G. NJ. Riviere Of Waco. Texas, Is a
CUES al tho Miller hotel.
F. Martin Of San Antonio is in the
city.
Chas. S. Elliot of Baltimore is a
guest at the Miller.
Misses Title and Ella and Master
Martin Hansin returned Tuesday
night from a six weeks visit to their
sister, Mrs. j. A. Cobolini, at Calves
ton.
Lindsay Waters of Harlingen secre-
ta~ry-treasurer Of the 5orph Texas
Gardeners, returned to his home yes
terday.
]. b. Vianc went to Harrington on
thebranch train yesterday morning
He will be gone for several days.
EDweed Pomeroy of Donna. who
has been attending the Gardeners
meeting, returned to his home yes
terday morning.
Anlado Stevens, was down from San
Benito yesterday, t%ransacting bust
ness here.
Miss Moore of Mission was a Wis
itCr in Brownsville Tuesday.
G. Il. and Mrs. GOodkountz, Of Har-
lingen. who have been attending the
lrdeners meeting, returned TO their
home Yesterday.
F. NJ. and Mrs. Hofind and their
son, Of Kingsville. were visitors in
Brownsville Tuesday.
Garland Buck of San Juan was
lere yesterday.
w. f. Thomas OF San Benito, who
has been attending to business in
Brownsville. returned to his home
yesterday.
Fred Mcintyre Of San Benito was
here yesterday.
". F. Brown Of San Benito. was a
visitor in Brownsville Wedne day.
w. J. Barton Of San Antonio is a
visitor in Brownsville yesterday.
Jno. p. Cause of Mercedes was a
visitor in Brownsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J.. Williams OF
Mercedes were in Brownsville yes
terday.
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