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New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
FAREWELL DINNER FOR KOO
Columbia Friends Honor Student
Who Goes to Help China.

Y. *. Wellington Koo, who during ms
scven-year sojourn al Columbia University
has become the foremost Chinese student In
This country, was the guest al q farewell
dinner given by half hundred Of his for
NOR classmates and friends at the Columbia
I.niyersitv club, in GramerCy Park. last
night Mr.. Koo sails this morning on inE
steamer President Grant for Europe
whence he will travel by the way Of tho
Trans Siberian Railroad to China to be
come secretary TO the President Of the Chi
nose Republic, Yuan Shih-kai.
After listening to expressions NJ Sooh
viii from Frederick IIrth, professor of
Chinese literature and language at C"iuh'-
ti,. lanes Meyers secretary Of the CO.
,Y,rbia Christian Association; t. stage
l...,iu. Of the department Of Commerce
and labor. and Ward Melville, with whom
bo was an associate editor Of "'rhc SPEC
,.,or" Mr.. Koo arose to bid his friends
farewell
81 regret that am leaving this country
..,.d ,,,, friends and classmates, yet ] am
.,., bsya been called TO part In al,
,,,,Jic life Of my country he said. =
,,.,,r, 20 hear testimony 10 the good treat
',a,,t always received at your hands.
U,,'.tcvcr have accomplished is due to 'h'
t,'.,,,,,tior courtesy and kindness extended
10 me by you 49,.
Mr.. Koo. after preparing al 81 1o'h d
college. came TO Columbia seven years ago
l,;'i,,, bis 1. q. degree in 1905, on" year
before the rest Of his class 1he Following
1c,, ne took degree AS Master OF Arts
,,,d during the last three years b" has be"1
,r.I,fyjpg for the degree Of Pm. D. "h'ch
..tn 10 conferred upon him in June.
W When the recent brief President OF the
chinese Republic Dr. sun Vat Sen.
,tis country last year he paid Mr..
[,oo o visit that resulted in his being called
20 ,Ya assume a public position under the NV
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
JEWS TO END "SHYL0CK"
Jersey Organizations Join to Bar
Shakespeare Classic.

Perth Amboy. n. j., April 6.-To taks
shakespeare's Merchant Of Venice out
Of the curriculum Of the high school her>
is the aim Of tho educational committee OF
tho Young Mems Hebrew Association OF
this city.
Local lodges Of Bnai Zion, Birth Shaton
and Birth Abraham, the Hebrew Progress
sive Association and Hebrew Educational
Alliance are supporting the movement, and
the congregation OF the Temple Beth Nor
decai is in favor of II.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
EXPECTS SUBWAY DEFICITS
City Club Doubts Wisdom of Ac-
cepting Interborough Offer.

Charles II. Strong. president Of the City
4 club. sent 10 the Board of Estimate and
Apportonment yesterday reports made by
! its transit committee. which he declares
raise question as To the wisdom Of
accepting the subway offer Of the INTERIOR
ough Rapid Transit Company. The arsu-
mcnt deals entirely with financial and
traffic matters and does not raise the Qucs-
tiOn as 10 whether these difficulties are
, outwcighed by other considerations. The
points of the club may be summarized "a
follows:
FlrSt-To be self-supporting the proposed
enlarged IntcrborouEn system must have
an annual gross income Of from S6,GUGO
10 $4,000 This will require an average
annual traffic Of from iu).V1Op To lJJVO .
90 passengers. Hence. 10 pay interest and
sinking fund on the CitE'S Investment tn"
lntcrbOrough system VIII nave to carry a
more .ongeSted trunk traffic than to-day.
Second-AsSerts that instead of 100000
Messengers the first year the enlarged In
terborough system Will probably not hav"
more than 80 0lO,GO.
Thrd-Points out that IN all probability
the city will have annually accrulng def
cits which may range from S.u.O10Oo to
t50O0DGyJ IN total. and more II funded by
bonds instead Of being provided FOR IN the
Fourth- Points out that the so-callcd
.loyelllng Of leases IS Of great financial
value TO the company. The present SUD
way is operated under two contracts. As
sumiug that readiustmcnt would not allow
more than per cent to per cent 40 the
company, then the proposed extension OF
existing profits on contract No. for eleven
wears and on contract No. > for twenty
two years means that the lnterhprougl
viii receive from S5OO'" to 'H.WOOo
more under the contract now proposed thah
il the leases were not ''levelicd.
borough President McAneny said he had
not had time to study the figures presented
by the city club. but he had seen some OF
them before. and questioned IN" correct
ness of their premise. Figures that mad
been received from raI-oGs sources dIi-
fcrcd radically, hc said, but ne dld not
care To discuss them until he made his re-
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
GEN. IL NOT ASSASSIMATED
DR.. Sun Yat-sen to Visit Vice
President of Chinese Republic.

Shanghai, April 5.-Dr. sun Yat-sen, eX-
Provisional President Of the Chinese re-
rublic, will leave here for Wu-Chang. in
the Province of IIu-Peh, tomorrow on
visit to General Ii Yu"n-heng, the Vice
resident OF the Republic.
The dispatch from Shanghai disposes OF
the report cabled from Tien-Tsn yesterday
10 the Exchange Telegraph Company stat
ing that General Ii Yuen-hens had been
assasSinated.
Annoy. April 3.-Governor Wu-Sum mas
landed with three thousand troops at SWa-
tow, according to reports from that city
General Ling, who has hitherto been IN fun
control there and has rad the local troops
with him, did not offer any resistance to
Wu-Sum's forces. The local troops. now
ever continue their resistance 10 the can
tcnese soldiers in the interior districts.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
WOULD-BE SUICIDE IS DEAD
Natural Causes, the Wife Learns,
Not Invalid's s Act, Hasten End.

After ontrcating his wife on Thursday 70
give him the means to end his suffering by
suicide Frederick Fredericks. aged foriy.
VINO had been an Invalid Tor many years
from nervous disorders. vas found dead
Yesterday morning In his room at No 70
East 81 street having died OF natural
causes.
II AIN tired OF the struggle" Mrs Fred
crlCks, who lives at No. IS East list street.
said her husband told her on Thursday.
Just let me have that razor lying on the
dresser dHu When Nou are gone / VIII put
au end tu It all She tried To ,oothc him.
and on leaving removed every article that
CoTld be used In an attempt at suicide
Finding her husband dead this morning
and thinking jhat he had Killed himself In
some mNstcr"us way, Mrs. FrcdcTicks re-
IoTtrd ia. matter ~ the police. Or SOvak.
o. Bellevue Hospital. was summoned and
made an iuvc tigdtion.
Mrs 'rrdorlckH said that th" invalid had
never complained much. dud that he men
toned suicide lOr the nIJt Time On Thurs
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
'MADER|STS LOSE PARRAL
Mexican FederaIs, 700 Strong,
DeCamp During Night.
ABANDON SOME ARTILLERY
Mortar and Rapid Firer Left to
Rebels-Retreat Believed To
Be to Mapimi.

Jimenez Mex. April 5.-Parral fell into tbs
hands Of the rebels to-day. The numbers ot
the enemy. which looked so large 10 Gem
eraI Campo In the hour Of his defeat. proved
TO be a force OF only seven hundred They
escaped last night, leaving behind them
! apid firer and a mortar. previously capt
ured from the rebels
| II developed that Generals villa and Tr-
bina. the federal commanders, fought alone
on Tuesday when they routed Campo.
They are believed 10 have rctrcated 10
Map,nlI where the main federal forces ars
! said 10 be mobilzing
The wires to I'll Paso were restored this
afternoon.
FL Paso. Tex. April 6-Two bridges south
Of Juarez and three near MADEIRA, on ths
Mexican Northwestern Railroad, were re-
ported burned to-day
| Powell Roberts. the American acquitted
by court martial at Chihuahua yesterday
, on a charge OF being a spy, returned hero
| to-day.
| San Antonio, Tex, April 5.-Two machine
! guns were held up at Maria and two trunks
filled with ammunition were stopped at
Langtry yesterday by United States cus-
toms inspectors. Both were intended for
| expectation to Mexico and neither was con"
| signed to any accredited agent Of the Ma
dero government. according to r. W. Dove.
| collector OF customs at Eagle Pass. N
whom a report OF the seizures was made
Mr.. Dove was in San Antonio to-day In
conference with Brisadier General Duncan
with reference to the border situation.
Washington. April 6.-Ths rebel military
authorities in Chihuahua require all per-
sons leaving the city TO have q passport.
according TO advfces to the State Depart
ment to-day This order will aid them IN
keeping close tab on those leaving the state
| capital and probably keep within the city
limits all whom they DO not want outsids
the rebel jurisdiction.
The Juchitan Indians In Oaxaea are re-
ported to be becoming more aggressive.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
YUAN SH|H-KA| HIMSELF
AS HISTORIAN OF CHINA
President Tells Of Events Which
Led to Downfall Of ManChu
Dynasty.
HIS ROLE AN HONEST ONE
Shift from Imperialism to Mon
archism and Republicanism
Brought About by Force
of circumstances
of circumstances

~, ,he regular Correspondent OF The Tribune
in PekInsD
r,y,,r Feb 1e-The history Of the Chi
.so revolution might well he written
- the commanding figure OF Yuan
c,ib-kai. who. more than any other man
hos been responsible for the downfall or
.,s Nanchu dynasty. Others have had their
.harc. the South is full of patriots-and
.o,lt,cians-vho did much toward bringing
about the result which seems 10 please all
china. but it is Yuan Shh-kai who has
rlayed the great game, wAe has fought the
erb, which resulted in bringing the Man
,b,s IN the point Of abdlcation and hnaHy
% their peaceful cffscement
Tho true chronicle OF the events Of the
,,,. short months Of revolt which came 70
such a marvellous end can never be
,-,,,en without a peep at the private
archives Of Yuan Shih-kai, late Premier
~ the empire and now the head OF the Re
,~bri. of China. These archives proDabiy
ruI never be available, but If they were
,,e,. would surely show Yuan Shih-kal has
rsd more 10 do with the result that has
beon attained than has ever appeared on
tho surface. or tnat even he will publicI!
admit.
Tor instance. there IS that remarkable
memorial from the generals Of the North
On army. the loyal army, It was supposed
which was said to he anxious for hght
with tho rebels i'm which thes" gallant gen
oral, demanded a republic. II came at
psychological moment when the throne
o-s ua,crfug and had almost decided 10
v5,rdrav from its former intention to aodi-
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
MANY STRANDED IN MEXICO

Washington, April 5. There are 211
Americans stranded. some OF them in abso-
lutte want, in Vera Cruz, on the east coast
Of Mexico: in Mazatlan, on the west coast,
and in Manzanllo, in the interior OF the
State OF Jalisco The American Red Cross
here to-day dispatched $500 to the Ameri-
can consuls in those places to aid In their
relief The Red Cross says 1t probably Will
be necessary to issue national appeal for
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
IN TAKE ACTION ON RECALL.

Albany. April William No'nnsham' oI
...'-,',,.- ,resident of the state Bar Asso-
,a, called a special meeting of the
.',i,.,. fl, Albany, on April -, At the
,'',i,.,,l l, tb.. American Bar Association
5ussf".'o'' fa muyposc ri Of taking action on the
2bjcc Of Judicial recall YcrT T3s nate sGi"" hm assd s
PAR % o. p'','i its uosition on tho question:
~ tinc ln be- reported 1T mcetinG ,,t OF the
~ ',',ncric,n uIr' Bar Association neat August
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
MEXICAN DIPLOMAT RoeeED.

Paris, April 5.-The home OF senor Sc
bastian Mier. former Mexican Minister TO
France. was broken into and looted TO-
day. The thieves secured jewels valued az
so 0O0
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
Why the
Maine Went
to Cuba
The Passing
of the
Maine
d.. D:aL..d Hn.d;nn nauic
By Richard Harding Davis

1t happened that when Mr. Davis sent in his most inter
estinp article the famous fbusters life story had Just
reached the ubject OF the Maine The odd freak OF fate
that resulted in the blowing up of the Maine and the
fastening OF the SpanshAmercan War is set torfh IN
absorbing style by Captain OBren Mr.. Davis deals
with the final phases OF the tragedy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-27
PREMIER EUROPEAN
WATER-POWER MAN
Professor HlIsard Comes From swItz.
erland to See the Greatest of Wa
ter.PoWer Developments.

Professor K. E. Hilgard, generally
considered the leading hydraulic engin-
eer in Switzerland, that country full,
OF turbines, is in Keokuk today to see
the last word in water power construc-
ton here in the Mississippi river.
He is the guest OF his personal
friend. Chief Engineer Cooper, and Is
being shown all over the works by A.
G. Hillberg, chief craftsman, who Is
his pupil and was his private assist
ant for a year. He arrived last even
ing and was put UP at the Riverview
club.
Professor Hilgard Is the senior pro.
lessor in the polytechnic in Zurich
and the recognized premier expert on
water power construction in Switzer-
land, by the courts and the profess
sion. He was delegate to the inter-
national NAVIGATION congress at Phila-
delphia, and came here from Panama.
Notwithstanding his foreign name
and eminence. he really is native of
Indiana where he was born about
fifty years ago. The Swiss government
called him to that country to head the
hydraulic engineering department o!
Its university on account of his stand
/ ing and work in that line.
He leaves Keokuk this evening.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-27

there Is in the amusement world
which Is really worth whIls.
From the opening pageant to the
nippodrome races the acts in these
combined shows are of the very best
Grass obtainable in Europe and Amer
lea The Moro Family is a marvellous
novelty act, seen for the first time in
this country in many seasons, they
having been abroad. The LaRue
Troupe have never been seen in this
country before. The Billy Wood bri
gade OF clowns are not exactly new
to the fun loving public, but have
many really funny stunts which are
actually ludicrous and lead all clown
stunts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-27
WAS IN CITY
FOR THREE DAYS
Girl Victim of Murder Mystery Did
Not Go to Canada as Was
Planned.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, Aug. 27.--That Miss
Julia Curran. victim of the mysterious
Hotel Boulevard murder was in New
York within three days after she was
supposed to have started to Canada in
an automobile, and for week before
her death. was established today by
a baggage check.
The police found the claim check in
the woman's hand bag which she car
ried into the hotel, and at Grand Gen.
trail station they found valise, which
Miss Curran deposited there August
IA. Detectives working on the case
were at loss to account for the wo-
mans whereabouts during that week,
for her sister, Mrs John Kfhnears,
did not know she was here, and all
efforts to communicate with Mrs.
William D. Smith, who employed Miss
Curran as companion. and with
whom she was supposed to have gone
to Canada, has failed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-27
Harlan viii Trail Roosevelt.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servieel
NEW YORK, Aug. Pit was an
nounced at the headquarters OF the
republican national committee today
that John Maynard Harlan of Ken
lucky, son of the late Supreme Court
Justice Marshall Harlan, has been
assigned to answer Colonel Roosevelt
on the latter's tour through New eng
land, especially In Vermont. The pro-
gram arranged for Harlan, 1t was
stated. will permit him to speak in
many instances In the same halls,
and in every town where the
progressive presidential candidate
talks. At the national committee
headquarters today it was stated that
all the advices received fron, Yer
mont pointed to a decided republican
victory in next Tuesdays election for
state officials.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-27
BUYING VOTES
IN BEAVER COUNTY
Investigation VIII be Made of the
Charges Lodged by Citizens
Committee.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
BEAVER, Pa, Aug. 27.-Inyestiga-
ton of alleged ballot deDauchery and
charges that ten dollars head was
the prevailing price for voters in
Beaver county, as alleged by the citi-
zens' committee, will he begun today
by Judge Robert s. Holt.
Every saloonkeeper in the county
and many other voters have been
summoned. State Insurance Commits
sioner Charles Johnson of Norristown,
Pa, treasurer of the republican state
committee, also has been subpoenaed.
1t is charged he forwarded $4,000 to
be used In the April primaries.
The Beaver county republican chair
man, e. H. Porter, United States mar
shall for this district spent $4,000 The
citizens committee in it's bill Of par
ticulars, declares much more was
spent in district whore less than
5000 votes were cast in the primary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-27
TELEPHONE STARTS
CHURCH WAR
Preacher Installed Instrument In His
House and Then There
Was Trouble.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service
UNIONTOWN, Pa Aug. 27.-Some
time this week there will be meet
ing of the sheep and the goats" or
the congregation of the Pleasant Val
ley Presbyterian church, to be called
by the youthful pastor, Rev Stanley
V. Bergen, who because he refused to
resign is being starved out" by the
board of trustees.
The board declared he must resign
before he receives his salary, The
minister retaliated with sermon in
which he compared himself to Dan
lei in the Lions dem and three score
of the congregation became angry
and walked out.
The trouble started because tbs
preacher installed telephone in his
home. There are officers of two riva
telephone companies in the church
The company whose phone is not II
the minister's house has more church
members than its rival, and the merry
war started.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-27
AMlTSEM ENIS.
Hlppodrome OPENING.

A new era will be marked for Keo-
knk Thursday night when the open
ing bill will be presented at the new
Hippodrome theatre. Everything is
N readiness for the presentation OF
the highest class vaudeville that has
ever heen attempted lin the city.
The new theatre to be opened with
bill guaranteed by the Western
Vaudeville Association and the house
viii present gaia appearance for its
initial trial before a keokuk audi
ence. The interior decorations are
complete and sumptious and the com
Tort Of the patrons had been kept
constantly before the workmen's eyes.
fireproof furniture has been Installed
and rest rooms fer both ladies and
men are a feature OF Che house.
All the woodwork is of mahogany
llnish and les foot stone tunnel
mat is combination heating, cool
ing and ventilation system is enc OF
me main attractions Of the house.
The dressing rooms are large and
comfortable with the finest sanitary
conditions imaginable. Performers
are to be well cared for in the new
mousse Everything that they desire
Wlll be complied with by the manage
ment SO far as reasonable.
me utmost care has been taken by
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-27
Gollmar Brothers Circus.

AS the seasons come and go, and
the people depart from the circus tent,
they may be heard to give expression
to their amazement by saving: Well,
what won't they do next?" The ques-
ton Is invariably answered when the
Gollmar Brothers shows come the next
time.
The many features with the Coll
mar Brothers circus this year are
creating great attention, from the fact
that there are so many new and truly
wonderful acts offered Among the
coterie are the Moro Family, acrohats
extraordinary; the startling Bowman
Troupe; the Riding Rudley's, the won
derful Marie Marvello; Flora Baldwin
and a score of other premier acts, to-
gether with hundreds Of arenic per-
formers.
The Gollmar Brothers circus which
comes to Keokuk Monday, September
q. is a combination Of the most popu-
lar shows, which toured the country
heretofore. These shows are now
recognized as circus of the best class
and of the greater kind. The union OF
these shows includes just about all
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-27
CHINESE AVIATOR
FELL TO DEATH
Began the Study Of Air Navigation
Five Years Ago and Built
Own Machine.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27.Word
was received here today that Fung
Rue, the first Chinese aviator, had
been killed near Canton, China, by
200 foot fall of a biplane he had built.
Fung began to study air navigation
five years ago, having gone to Europe
for the purpose After the Wright
brothers made their first spectacular
flights, Fung built an aeroplane of his
own design with which he had much
success. He was called to China by
the advisors of the Manchu emperor.
Pu Wi, and ENGAGED to teach air nav
igation to officers of the Chinese adj
and navy. When the
Manchus were overthrown, Fung was
ousted and began giving exhibitions.
1t was while giving one of these that
he was killed yesterday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-27
WASHINGTON rs
DESERTED VILLAGE
General Scramble Of offlclaldom Be.
gan Today and Outgoing Trains
Are Crowded.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. |
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-This is
exodus day" in Washington gem
eral scramble of officialdom vacation
ward.
Outgoing trains were damned with
home-going officials, cabinet heads,
senators and Representatives and de-
partment officials, all released from
official cares by the adjournment of
congress. After Saturday, Washing
ton will be comparatively deserted
until December 8, when congress re.
convenes.
Of the scant 200 congressman left
here when congress quit, practically
all will be gone within few days.
Most of them plan short vacations be
fore plunging into the political cam
paign. Many are enlisted as spell.
binders by the party political bureaus
for the national campaign.
At the capitol today big packing
boxes wire shipped-by government
.'franks'-to practically every state
A small army of stenographers and
clerks went job-hunting. They have
been employed as extra help" in the
congressional office buildings.
In the departments today belated
summer schedule of vacations was
arranged, the cabinet officials are
planning to leave under-strappers to
keep things moving. Departure of the
congressman also worked to the ad
vantage of even the minor clerks, the
official business and correspondence
dropping about fifty percent
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-27
Mrs. Powell Almost Dead.

Dry Ridge, KY could hardly walk
across the room.' says Mrs. Lydia
Powell, OF Dry Ridge. before tried
Cardui. was so poorly. was almost
dead. Now, can walk four miles and
do my work with much more ease.
praise Cardui for my wonderful cures
Cardui is successful in benefting sick
women. because It is composed of in
gradients that act specifically on the
womanly constitution. relieving head
ache. backache, irregularity. misery
and distress. Only good medicine
could show such continual INCREASE in
popularity as Cafdui has, for the past
so years. Try Cardui, the woman's
tonic.