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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05
STARVATION IS
COMING soon
strike Of Coal Minors In England
Has Crippled Business In
Great Many
Lines.
rood PRICES SOARING
desperate Efforts Being Made &c
End the Strike and Bring
Peace condI-
tlons.
FOOD PRICES SOARING

United Press Leased Wire Service ]
LONDON. March 5.-Despite the
obstinate stand on both sides Premier
Asquith today made a final appeal to
the committees Of miners and opera
tors asking them to make mutual con-
cessions and end the strike. He point
ed out the seriousness Of the situation
that the national business, already
crippled, would be completely par
alyzed by the end OF the week, and
that millions Of men, women and chill
dren, innocent victims of the enforced
idleness of the various industries,
we're today facing starvation.
The situation is critical. The price
OF food is leaping upward daily. The
abandonment OF freight trains by the
various railroads has curtailed the
milk supply of the cities. Fresh meats
are at a premium while the store OF
salt and smoked foodstuffs is rapidly
being diminished. Canned goods are
being exhausted although the dealers
have doubled their prices. Flour for
bread Is running low. Unless some
thing is done to relieve the situation
within forty-eight hours, thousands
will be face to face with actual star
vation.
All this and more was made plain
by the premier today when the three
cornered conference between the
miners, operators and government
xas resumeds He made his appeal on
{ the ground Of humanity and asked the
miners to go back to work and trust
to parliament to enforce their chief
demand. the establishment Of mini.
mum wage scale.
The men said that they were work
ing under the instructions of the rank
and Ale. The entire situation had
been canvassed, the premier was told
before the referendum vote was tax
en- and 1t was agreed that starvation
would be preferable to a continuation
of existing conditions where the ma
jority Of the miners and their assist
ants, now on strike, were unable tc
earn more than enough to pay for the
coarsest kind Of food.
The men told the premier that they
believed if they went back to worf
he would be unable to force a mini
mum wage bill through parliament
They said that it would be opposed
by the manufacturers everywhere who
would argue that it savored of pater
nalism and, if applied to the coal in
dustry would immediate have to b'
extended to every avocation.
There is no hope of foreign assist
ance The coal en- route or ordered
from American will hardly be suffi
cient to provide fuel for heating ant
cooking purposes in the big cities
French coal is not on the market ant
strike of coal miners is impending
in Germany.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05
Strikers Tell Congressional Commit
tee About tho Way Police and
Militia Used
Them.
CLUB LITTLE CHILDREN
Mrs. Taft Present at the Hearing as
Spectator and Considerably
Interested In
Events.


WASHINGTON, March 5-The cli-
max of developments SO far in the
Lawrence brutality probe came this
afternoon when Mrs. Taft, first lady
of the land. sitting aghast with the
house rules committee, heard the story
Of cruelty to women and children as
John Knebel. of Philadelphia, describ-
inS the scenes at the Lawrence rail-
road station, said
II even saw a great brute OF a
policeman draw his club and strike a
pregnant woman across the abdomen =
Clasps Of horror came from the lips
of the wife Of the president: half a
hundred other handsomely dressed
women in the committee room sobbed !,
while stolid congressman sat stunned.
The dramatic recital of the treatment
OF women and children given by
Knebel, whose emotion made it diff
ficult for him to speak at times, caused
a scene such as probably never before
was witnessed in congressional COM
mfttee room.
Knebel told OF children torn from
the mothers arms to be sent to the
Lawrence poor farm, after the author
titles had prevented the sending OF the
children from the strike-ridden town
Miss Margaret Sangler, New York
/ trained nurse. described the two ship
4 ments of children who had been tax
4 en- from Lawrence to New York.
These children we're emaciated ant
4 malnutritious.. she said. "a major
| ity of them suffered from adenoids
and enlarged tonsils. In the first
shipment to New York there were 1tt
children. Tour of them wore under
wear and the weather was bitter cold
About twenty had overcoats. When
they were given supper on their ar
rival in New York they grabbed the
meat from the table in manner thai
would have brought tears to youi
eyes,
BY nightfall the house rules com
mittee expects to have complete
knowledge of the entire Lawrence
strike situation, including the cause.
leading up to the walkout of the
workers and whether there was any
excuse for the brutal tactics of the
police and military The committe,
when 1t resumed its labor today
planned two lengthy sessions and in
tended to question City Marsha
sullivan of Lawrence who prevented
the children from being sent away b,
ltheir parents.
Il The committee was much impress
ed with the testimony OF Jane Book
Ia member of the committee sent t.
Lawrence from Philadelphia to TAX,
1 charge of the children. She declared
flatly that she saw policemen u.s.
their clubs on little children at tn,
: station and no amount of cross exam
| ination could shake her story.
/ do you mean to say that policemen
: deliberately struck down these littl'
, children" demanded Representative
Hardwicke democrat, Georgia..
II saw them do it." answered tn
woman emphatically
: That's all ! want to know" re
: marked Hardwicke.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05
Iowa Supreme Court Decisions.
Especial to The Gate Cityl

Especial to The Gate Cltyl
DES MONIES, March 5.-State vs.
Heft, appellant, Buchanan district;
a1rirmed.
State VS.. Dorsey, appellant, Boone
district; affirmed
State vs.. Benson, appellant, Hamil
ton district; reversed.
q. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co, ap
pellant, VS.. Corning State bank, ct al
Adams district; affirmed.
Cress, ct al, VS.. Iyens, ct al, appel
lants, Woodbury. district; affirmed.
RAIDER, appellant, VS.. Davis, Boone
district; affirmed.
Mulling, appellant, VS. Schneider
et al, Plymouth district; affirmed.
Estate Thos Berry, ct al, appellant
vs.. John Berry, Sioux City; affirmed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05
Rate objection.

runited Press Leased Wire service,l
WASHINGTON, March 4.--The
Oklahoma traffic association Of Ok
lahoma City, filed complaint with
the Interstate commerce commission
today, attacking all freight rates on
iron and steel from Pittsburgh, Bir-
mingham, Gary and ell steel produc
ing points to Oklahoma.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and Vicinity. Snow to-
night or Wednesday. Not much
change in temperature.
For Iowa Generally fair tonight
and Wednesday. Not much change in
temperature.
For Missouri Snow tonight OF
Wednesday. Colder tonight in the
southwest portion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05
This Column ls For the Voters or
For Those Who Are lnterested
In the Political
situation.
THE ROOSEVELT LETTER
Van Valkenburs Denies That He
Made Public the Letter Which is
Causing So Much
Comment,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
PHILADELPHIA, March 5-With
reference to the Roosevelt letter,
which was made public yesterday, E.
a. Van Valkenburg. editor and presi.
dent of the North American, in a
statement given the New York World
said in part:
"Of course the letter was not made
public by me.
when Colonel Roosevelt attended
| the Cardinal Gibbons celebration in
Baltimore last summer the Associated
Press sent out an inspired statement
to the effect that Colonel Roosevelt
had positively pledged his support to
Mr.. Taft for denomination As
matter of routine news we printed
this dispatch although had personal
knowledge that Colonel Roosevelts
| attitude must have been misrepresent-
ed
Much was made by the TAFT man
ayers OF the supposed Endorsement,
and even his denial was met by the
rejoinder that his assurance had been
given privately and he was merely
denying it FOR public effect.
This led to my correspondence
with him. which eliminated in the let
ter of June 27. 1t will be observed
4 that he denies the fake story and asks
i that copies Of his letter be sent to two
4 directors Of the Associated Press for
their Information. His purpose was
that they should have an official de-
NAL on record, from which they would
issue formal withdrawal OF the fake
\ yarn. 7 sent copies to Mfr. McClatchy.
requesting that he furnish one to Mr..
Moves But no denial of the fake
story was ever made by the Associat
4 ed Press
Another Letter
4 NEW YORK, March 5--ln support
OF his contention that he has never de-
ceived his friends by making a posi-
tive promise that he would not accept
!, presidential nomination, this year
! Colonel Roosevelt gave out the text OF
!; a letter written on January 16. The
!. letter was addressed to Frank A.
: Munsey and in 1t Roosevelt said:
|, What have said to you and am
!, about to say to you have said to not
only other friends who think ought
to be nominated, but to friends-iand
even foes)--who think | ought not TO
be nominated, provided only | could
! trust their sincerity, intelligence and
truthfulness: to Secretary Stimson
: to Secretary Meyer and Congressman
LongWorth, who are supporting Taft
, to Mr.. Pinchot, Congressman Lenroot
, and Kent, who are supporting La Foil
ette; | said to editors like Mr. Nelson,
, Mr.. Van Valkenburg end Mr. Wright,
; have said to the entire Alden club,
: democrats, republicans and everyone
Il shall not be a candidate. | shall
! not seek the nomination, nor would
> accept ii If II came to me as the re.
: suit OF intrigue. But viii not tie my
hands with q statement which would
: make II difficult or impossible for me
to serve the public by undertaking a
: great task II the people as whole
seemed definitely to come to the con-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05
Weather Conditions.

In the southern states mild, unset
tied weather attends a depression in
the Central Gulf, and there has been
rain from the Gulf to Arkansas and
Tennessee, heavy rain falling at Lit
tie Rock, Ark.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05
Uncle Pennywisa Saws:

A young man always wants to take
home the belle of the ball. Later In
life he is satisfied to take homo a
good umbrella.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05

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Continued on page 3D.
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CONTINUED on page 81
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-21
'FlRsT IN WAR; FIRST IN PEACE AND FIRST THE HEARTS
OF HIS COUNTRYMEN

BORN-Io Augustine and Mary Washington Ppes Creek Wstmoreand
and
the world the first President of the of America
The greater Alexander Department Store celebrating the birthday of George
that God
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-21

Miss Ida Powell of Walla Walla
was in Weston Saturday visiting with
Mr.. and Mrs, L. ]. O'Harra.
Mrs. VIM. Mckenzie and Miss May
Barnes of this city spent Monday in
the Garden City.
Mrs. John Harris spent a few days
with relatives in Athena
Miss Wilma Harbor of this city
made trip to Pendleton Sunday.
Mr.. Robert Wheeler who has been
working in Pendleton for tn past few
weeks visited with relatives in Weston
Sunday.
Miss Edna Ross of Athena was a
Weston visitor during the week.
Rev. Stieninger of the Methodist
church of Weston has returned from
a few days visit at La Grande.
Mrs. Ralph Kinnean was in Pen
dleton during the week.
Miss Lucille Kemp was in Athena
Saturday visiting with friends.
Mr.. Chas. Lucious of Weston was
in Pendleton during the week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-21

Continued from page one.)
it was used with excellent results.
Then there remains the recall of
judges. Courts have repeatedly de-
feated the morals of a commonwealth.
by the abuse of the power to de-
clare laws unconstitutional, the courts
have become a law making instead
of law-enforcing agency. Here again
the settled will of society to correct
confessed evils has been set at naught
by those who place metphysicies
above life. 1t is the courts not the
constitutions, that are at fault. 1t is
only by the process which James Rus
sell Lowell when answering the critics
of Lincoln called 'pettifogging the
constitution that constitutions which
We're designed to protect society can
thus be made to defeat the common
good. Here again the recall is
recall of the administration of jus
tice back from academical refine
ment TO social service.
'Never forget that the judge is
just as much the servant of the peo-
pie as any other official of course
he must act conscientiously. He
must not do anything wrong because
there is a popular clamor for it. But
in their turn the people must follow
their conscience and when they have
definitely decided on given policy
they must have public servants who
will carry out that policy. Keep
clearly in mind the distinction be-
tween the end and the means to at
tain that end. Our aim is to get the
type of judge that 1 have described
to keep him on the bench as long as
possible, and to keep off the bench,
and if necessary, take off the bench
the wrong type of judge. In some
communities one method may work
well which in other communities does
not work well and each community
should adopt and preserve or reject
a given method according to its prac-
tical working. Therefore the question
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-21
REVIVAL SERVICES
HELD At WESTON
Especial Correspondence.l

Weston, Ore, Feb. 21.-The church
of the Brethren began their revival
services Saturay evening and will
continue during the week.
Mr.. Payne Shangle spent few
days with relatives in Milton last
week
Miss Grace Mcbride of Athena,
was in Weston during the week.
Miss Pauline Wyrick of Athena was
in Weston Saturday and Sunday Wis
iting with Miss Gladys Smith,
Miss Eunice Gregory of Pendleton
was in Weston this week visiting
friends and relatives.
Mrs. James Stanfield of Weston
who has been in Walla Walla for
some time receiving treatment for
her eyes returned home Monday eve
ming.
Mrs L. ]. O'Harra of this city was
a visitor in the Garden City during
the week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-21
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There Ii
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachlan Tube
When this tube Is infamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when 1t Is entirely closed. Deafness Is the
result, and unless the inflammation can
normal condition, hearing will be destroy
ed forever; nine cases out OF ten are caus-
ed by Catarrh, which Is nothing but an
inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars free
+. :. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-21
CATARRH. ASTHMA, COLDS AND
CATARRHAL DEAFNESS
QUICKLY GO.

Here are some symptoms of ca
tarrh; if you have any of them get
rid of them by breathing HYOMEI:
II IS guaranteed to Danish catarrh.
Is your throat raw.
Do you sneeze often
Is your breath foul
Are your eyes watery?
Do you take cold easily?
Is your nose stopped up
Do you have to spit often?
Are you worse in damp weather?
Do you blow your nose?
Are you dosing your sense of smell?
Does your mouth taste bad morn
ings
Do you have a dull feeling in the
head?
Do you have a discharge from the
nose?
Does mucous drop in back of
throat?
Complete HYOMEI outfit, which
includes inhaler, s1.O0, extra bottles,
if needed, so cents, at Tallman Drug
Co. and druggists everywhere.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-21

that the constitution of the United
to secure justice. had been ingenu-
ously revised absolutely to prevent
Justice They insisted that the clause
in the constitution which forbade the
taking of property without due pro-
cess of law forbade the effort which
had been made in the law to distrib-
ute among all the partners in an en-
terprise the effects of the injuries to
life or limb of a wage worker. No
anarchist orator, raving against the
constitution ever framed an indict-
ment so.
MANY of the judges of that court
l know personally, and for them I
have a profound regard. Even for
as flagrant a decision as this l would
not vote for their recall; for I have
no doubt the decision was rendered
in accordance with their ideas of
duty. But most emphatically I do
wish that the people should have the
right to recall the decision itself and
authoritatively to stamp with disap-
proval what cannot but seem to the
ordinary plain citizen monstrous
misconstruction of the constitution, a
monstrous preversion of the consti-
tuition into an instrument for the
perpetuation of social and industrial
wrong and for the oppression of the
weak and helpless.
''No ordinary amendment of the
constitution would meet this type of
case; and intolerable delay and in
justice would be caused by the effort
to get such amendment-not to men
ton the fact that the very Judges
who are at fault would proceed to
construe the amendment. In such a
case the fault is not with the consti-
tuition; the fault is in the judges con-
struction of the constitution; and
what is required is power for the peo-
pie to reverse this false and wrong
construction.
''The judges and courts have de-
cided every which way, and it is fool
ish to talk of the sanctity of a judge
made law which half of the judges
strongly denounce. If there must be
decision by a close majority, then let
the people step in and let it be their
majority that decides. According to
one of the highest judges then and
now on the supreme court of the ma
ton, we have lived for a hundred
years under constitution which per-
mits national income tax, until
suddenly by one vote the supreme
court reversed its previous decision
for century and said that for a
century we had been living under
wrong Interpretation of the constitu-
ton Chat is, under a wrong consti-
tution), and therefore in effect, es-
tablished a new constitution which
We are. now laboriously trying to am
end so as to get it back to be the con-
stitution that for a hundred years
everybody including the supreme
court, thought it to be.
"While it is necessary to have
the right kind of governmental ma
chinery, yet that the all-important
matter sto have the right kind of a
man behind the law. A good consti-
tuition, and good laws under the con-
stitution and fearless and upright Of
ficials to administer the laws-all
these are necessary"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-21

Frank James, a wood chopper, was
charged with giving Intoxicating liq-
uor to minor. The jury consisted
of three men and three women, Mrs.
II. f. Sawyer, wife of a leading hard
ware man; Mr. A. C. Sly, wife of the
telephone man ger, and Mrs. Kate
Stalker, propri iress of the johnson
hotel. All thr are strong temper
ance advocates, but the evidence was
not sufficient and the defendant was
acquitted.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-21
STORK EXPECTED TO VISIT
HOME OF COLONEL ASTOR

Newport, r. Members of the
ultra fashionable smart set here
learned that the stork is expected to
visit the home of Colonel John Jacob
Astor in July. Astor married Miss
Madeline Force of Philadelphia a few
months after he had been divorced
by Mrs. Ava Willing Astor.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-21

was hard for me to breathe A neigh
Dor gave me several doses of Dr.
Kings New Discovery which brought
great relief. The doctor said / was
on the verge of pneumonia, but to
continue with the Discovery. 1 did
so and two bottles completely cured
me-" Use only this quick, safe, re-
liable medicine for coughs. colds, or
any throat or lung trouble. Price
soc and 81. Trial bottle free. Guar
anteed by Koeppens
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-21
- @ q REMOVES THE CAUSE
S.S.S. OF Ct CzTARRH AR

remedy that does entirely the Carh from the
blood will make OF the trouble Just as long the
and catarrhal
viii
irritation and disease Sprays lotions and
full
feeling head bug noises in the uncomfortable stufy feeling
constitutional blood disorder and until it has been entirely driven from the
Catarr
blood attacks the disease its head and by thor
ougy cleansing the circulation Kidding of
the time enchng the blood allows the
improves general health
reaches the
the the Book Carh
and free to all who write
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA GA.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-21
THREE WOMEN JURORS
ACQUIT IN LIQUOR CASE

Stevenson, Wash.-The first time
the gentle sex was called upon to act
as jurors in this county was In the
justice court of Stevenson, when
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-21
Almost Lost His Life.

S. A. Std, of Mason. Mich, will
never forget his terrible exposure to
a merciless storm. ''It gave me a
dreadful cold" he writes, "that caus-
ed severe pains in my chest, so it
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-21
ROOSEVELT FLAYS
SUPREME COURTS

Continued from page one.)
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-28
Do You Really Want To Be
Thankful?
top Something Foolish Today-Dont Wait Any Longer

What have to be thankful for ask million men-with
heavy emphasis the L.
You may be thankful for many things You
month left which hurry and attend those good reso
tons made last New Years day.
You still AITvE-and have still OPPORTUNITY ahead
Of you.
When thankful this world it something
have DONE Other people do not bother trying make
thankful
Do want to be really thankful today Stop foolish
thing that do every day YOU know what sand your
wife probably knows your mother friendbu tells
you.
YOU KNOW.
Sopit Get rid of particular ooIshness weak
sefdecepon Of time, money health
force
Wake tomorrow morning with ONE less bad and fool
h habit and you will be thankful then you should today
Only YOU give for thankfuness to YOU.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-28
What Can the PresidentDO?
Depends WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS His Opportunities
Are Great.

Mr. Wilson when he becomes president of the United States
the fourth of March will have greatef he is able
utilize themthan any other human bengkng emperor p
ctizen--living.
His power viii exceed that of the emperor Russia
he will be the head of nation greater power
Russia second the Russian emperor
rally living of panic controlled by the physically
bauched dukes and the mentally debauched heads the Rus
sian church, and is really emperor all
greatest power possessed by president POWER
TO TALK TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE EVERY DAY if
do so.
His ueances recorded conpicuousl He has the oppor
tuny the thoughts that his mind into millions of other
minds-provded he make his thoughts interesting
That power reach the minds of others the greatest power
that any possess.
Mr. Wilson will have practically the power make
president of the United States Controlling the and
navy able take many important steps without consulting
gess he could easily precpta if that him
by wisdom and discretion he could make impossible
president power treaties The senate must
its approval and advice But the real power with the presi
denta very great power The president in his messages
gress recommends and initiates legislation gives prac
pend upon him for vors he has the power
appropriations that they desire and they apo ignore
wishes
possible for Mr. Wilson do great
United States between 1913 and 1917 do great deal
Of initiating and carrying through good ideas he can do
deal by reranng harmful premature experimenting
and very disturbing
Let hope that all promises made him behalf will
than fulfilled in history not only as
knew very few and very wise
that know WHAT NOT TO Do.