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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-07
Twenty Minutes After Newly Formed Union Of
Boston Elevated Employees Coon Strike Cars
Were Stoned and Police Called Out.
NO7ORMAN AND CONDUCTOR CHASED
Starting Of First Big Car at Lechmere Square
Provokes Riot and Cars are Wrecked and
Strike-Breakers Assaulted.
Philadelphia during the last two
weeks.

weeks.
Wild Scenes In Lechmere Square.
EAST CAMBRIDGE, Mass. June Z.
The arrival Of fifty strike-breakers
in East Cambridge early today to take
out the big prepayment cars at Lech-
mere Square was attended by wild
scenes AS the men marched in close
formation to where they were to
board their cars, crowd of 100
charged them as. the first car started.
The end doors were closed, but the
men smashed the windows and crawl
ed inside The trolley was torn off
and the brakes applied. Then police
reserves came up on the double quick.
Just before the crowd broke and fled,
Conductor Otis Carpenter was thrown
through window to a pile of refuse
!. near the track but was unhurt. Three
men, one of them in motorman's uni
form, were arrested, but later dis
charged at the station. for lack of
! evidence.
The crowd gathered again an hour
later at the Mount Auburn starting
1 point. They were successful in dis
suading any car crews from taking
/. out cars.
/ Another crowd at Harvard Square
| gained a few recruits from men who
were running cars. This tied the lns
up for nearly an hour, when strike
breakers and company officials rar
the cars.
In the town of Somerville, Chief o!
i Police Kendall was appealed to b.
] Boston elevated railroad officials who
declared some of their loyal fedora
tionists'' had been assaulted. Kendall
i stationed twenty reserves at the Som
i erville barns.
+. Rotous Scenes Prevail.
i Riotous scenes today marked the
calling of the strike by the union EN-
i ployes of the Boston Elevated which
\ controls all the surface, subway ant
I elevated street railways in Greatel
Boston and many neighboring citie.
and towns. After stormy three
hour meeting the newly organized
union voted almost unanimously tt
Il strike. At 4:35 the first charge on
car was made by crowd of 200 o
more.
4 During the next five hours car
! were stoned, passengers were driver
, with car crews to the streets, trolley
were disconnected and tied down
: clashes with police reserves occurred
!, at score of points in Boston, Cam
; bridge. Charlestown, Roxbury ant
! Somerville and many arrests wer
made.
| The strikers were particularly in
I censed at the action of motorman a
Washington street and Adams Squar
where they attempted to stop hug
! prepayment, semi-contrivertible sui
J urban car by standing on the tracks
The motorman put on full speed whe
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-07
M. Kovacs, an Opposition
Deputy, Shoots at Count
Tisza.

United Press Leased Wire seryice.1
BUDAPEST. June Count Tisza,
me government leader in parliament
Today was shot at, but not injured, in
me Chamber OF deputies by NJ. Kovacs
a. opposition deputy, who then turned
a's revolver upon himself and fired
Two bullets into his head, dying in
stantly
hoyacs WAS one Of the opposition
oeputies excluded from the chamber
on May 81 following a near-riot, In
which the emperor and the govern
1ent ofacials we're bitterly assailed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-07

verse the national committee and In
securing this, they said, they would
show that they had the votes to nom
mate their candidates.
Victory for Roosevelt, Says Dixon.
Senator Dixon bitterly assailed the
Taft claims again today. He insisted
that the committee had not dared to
hold star chamber sessions and that
in agreeing to admit the representa-
jtives of the press associations to the
hearings, the Roosevelt men had gain
! ed notable victory. The action OF the
committee In demanding that twenty
delegates shall unite before record
roll call can be forced he characterize
| ed as gag rule. II the Roosevelt lead
ers could force record roll on every
contest, they believe they would win
many cases because q number OF the
sitting committeeman could hardly
afford to go on record against Roose-
velt are the contentious of the col
onels managers. But this was the
one thing that the Taft men avoided
4 by re.estahlishing the old rule and as
4 the total Roosevelt strength ii. the
committee is only fourteen votes
4 lLucius Littaur of Gloversville having
4 tentered the committee today with the
proxy of Committeeman Flanagan Of
4 Nevada, which added one vote to the
thirteen who voted for the Roosevelt
suggestions at the opening meeting Of
the committee.
Wrestling With Contests.
4 While the committee wrestled with
the Alabama contests today at the
I Coliseum both headquarters continued
4 their verbal assaults on each other.
Senator Dixon and Congressman Nc
Kinley gave out lengthy statements
reviewing the situation and claiming
everything in sight for their candidate.
Secretary Hilles was in almost con-
stant touch with the white house over
! a private long distance line that was
SO arranged that nothing of the con-
versation carried on over 1t could
, leak. President Taft was kept CON
stantly informed of every develop
ment. Mr., Hilles had little to say for
publication and reiterated his claim
that the president would be re-nomi-
mated on the initial ballot.
) Colonel Is Expected.
ri Colonel Roosevelt was expected to
/. finally decide to come here next week
+ to take charge of his own fight. Some
. of his friends went SO far as to say
t that he would leave New York next
7 Tuesday afternoon and get here Wed
s nesday morning. But Senator Dixon
4 insisted that he personally saw no
4 reason for the ex-president coming
d here. He said that he did not have
e any reason to believe that Roosevelt
has changed his mind but 1t was plain
r from his attitude that positive an
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-07
THE WEATHER.
Weather Forecast

For Keokuk and vicinity-Increas-
ing cloudiness with probably showers
later tonight or Saturday. Rising
temperature.
For illinois Fair tonight with
warmer in the north portion satur-
day increasing cloudiness and warm
er.
For owa-Increasing cloudiness
with probably showers west portion
tonight or Saturday. Warmer tonight.
For misunderstanding cloudiness
with probably showers late tonight or
Saturday. Rising temperature.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-07
is Demanded by Victor Berger, Social
list Member Of the House, for
Annullment Of olsson
Naturalization.
CALLS JUDGE A DRUNK
Reputation Of Hanford's Decision by
President Taft VIII Give the
judiciary Committee Docu.
ments In Case.

NAoIiiANHA SAS, JuuS i.---IIHpSdCI-
ment OF Federal Judge Cornelius P.
Hanford Of Seattle, for annulling the
naturalization papers OF Leonard
OLSON, Seattle socialist, and alleg-
ed "habitual drunkenness" moral
and temperamental unfitness,'' and
unlawful and corrupt" decisions,
was formally demanded of the house
today by Representative Victor Berger,
the Wisconsin socialist.
resolution directing the Judiciary
committee to investigate Judge Han
ford and impeach him if the charges
are proved, was introduced by Berger.
1t was referred to the committee, after
a brief statement by its author.
II charge Judge Hanford with being
an habitual drunkard," said Berger, in
rising to question of highest privil-
lege.
Il charge him with having annulled
on May 13, in violation of the consti-
tuition and on a frivolous charge
(socialism) the naturalization papers
of Leonard OLSON. charge him with
| having 1SSuCu Ill SOlluclN0 6uiL VI
August Peabody against the Seattle
Renton and Southern railway, in Aug
lust, 1911, an Injunction in the inter
ests of the company and against the
interests Of the citizens of Seattle
Iflagrantly in violation OF justice AMI
'llaw.
4 81 charge him with being morall.
and temperamentally unfit to hold |
4 judicial position.
i Il charge him with having beer
guilty Of long series of unlawful AM
corrupt decisions
Il In his resolution Berger directs th,
Judiciary committee to report if Han
/ ford has been repeatedly in drunk
en- condition while presiding in court
whether he has been guilty of corrup
! conduct in Office; whether his admin
iistration has resulted in injury ant
wrong to litigants and others, AM
whether he had been guilty Of any mis-
behavior for which he should be i'm
peached.
4 Four detailed charges, designated
/
resolution. Berger will appear shortl,
at formal hearing before the com
mittee to attempt substantiation 0
the charges. He claims to have score
of affidavits to support the indict
ments.
4 After a preliminary investigation
the procedure of the committee vii
be to submit a favorable or unfavol
able report upon the question of rec
ommending Hanford's impeachment.
Berger attacked Hanford as tn
i "high privilege" of member of th
house. one of the official function
: seldom exercised by a representative
His action is the elimination of Har
! ford's cancellation of Olsson's cit
zenship papers because OLSON, it
alleged, admitted he was socialis
In his four specifications Berge
charges:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-07
CUMMINS TO \
BE NOMINATED
UNITED Press Leased Wire 81

: United Press Leased Wire 81 =
= ice.] .
= Senator Albert B. cumml Sof =
= Iowa Will open personal ad- =
= quarters here next wee' with =
= Senator Kenyon In ch, 8. II =
= was stated here today cum- =
= Minis will probably b 70 first =
= man nominated az an attempt 10 =
= being made to have Alabama give Z
= way on the roll call to tho Cum 4
= Minis mon In Iowa 90 that the Z
= senator's name can be present Z
= ed to the convention.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-07
Two earthquake Shocks.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
ST. LOUIS, June 1.-Two earth
quake shocks We're recorded by tha
seismograph at st. Louis University
early today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-07
.4~~>>>>>>E><>> :
UNION REASONS FOR
STRIKING.

=
Company refuses to recognize. :
AunIon;' announces II Will employ =
1no union men.
~ When complaints are made =
aoajnst men they are laid off =
! without pay during hearing.
u If exonerated Of blame and re- =
5 lnstated, lost pay never Is made =
<up.
* Conductors must furnish $40 =
) ehanuc which they must have on =
= all trips.
) Despite refusal Of company to =
: grant wage increase because :
the company finances would not :
5 stand it, loyal Federationlst' =
members pay was increased =
: when union was organized. =
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limited Press Leased Wire Service.1 ]
BOSTON. June THE newly form,
ed union OF Boston elevator employees
voted !. 1853 TO s TO strike at Ais a. m.
today, and 20 minutes later Brook.
line bound car. which was passing
Paine Memorial hall, where the meet
ing was held, was stoned Every
window was smashed and the passen.
gers, two of whom were women.
scrambled to the street. The motor
man and conductor made no effort to
resist, when several OF the attackers
jumped to the front platform and shut
off the power. They scurried from
their posts and fled down Berkely
street, pursued by crowd.
Police arriving on the run dispersed
the crowd, after arresting several
Two prisoners gave their names as
Garyey and Howard.
second car was stoned and pas
sengers and crew put to flight al
Adams Square shortly after five
O'clock. The windows OF the cal
were smashed, and the trolley tiet
down before police chased the attack
ing force.
Company Controls All Llnes.
Organizer Fay declared $500 mer
would be out by noon today. Picket'
we're stationed at every car barn be
fore the early runs began, with orders
to call out every union member. 3,
eight o'clock however, there were
more cars running over the elevated
lines in the Back Bay, Roxbury, Dor
Chester, South Boston and Cambridge
districts than the company ever be
fore operated at that hour. The ele
yated company owns or controls ev
cry surface, subway and elevated
line in Greater Boston and nearb.
suburbs. 1t employs 5000 car men.
For the first runs today, the com
pany pressed into service besides tn
1000, who, 1t claims, have joined th
company's loyal federation, over J.
sQo rike-breakers, imported fron
New York Raltimore Newark an,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-07
Defeated in Fight to Control the National Com,
mittee They are Now Pressing Influence
on the Taft Delegates
TRY|NGT0 SWING DELEGATES TO COLONEL
Advantage SO Far is With the Taft Forces Who
Control Committee and Have on Face of
Returns Majority Of Delegates.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. u
CHICAGO, June with all hope
abandoned of seating any of their
contesting. delegations, with the pos
sible exception of Washington state,
the Roosevelt leaders today, while
the national committee hurried
through the hearing of the initial con-
tests, began fight to break the Taft
delegate ranks. Senator Dixon and a
score of his able lieutenants "got
busy" with a home influence In New
York it was learned old.time friends
OF Colonel Roosevelt are today per-
sonally interviewing delegates and
trying to swing them over to the
colonel. That the Taft forces realiz-
ed that this work might have serious
effect was shown when they too got
busy to counteract the personal cam
paign.
The situation today left a slight ad-
vantage on the side Of the Taft
forces. They have control Of the ma.
tional committee by an overwhelming
majority: thNy have on the face OF
the returns at the present moment. a
majority OF the delegates elected. This
/ majority will be increased by the
seating of Taft contestants in many
/ instances. But-the Taft manag ers
! realize that the slightest influence
may change the minds of many dele
gates. Privately they admit this. Pub
| licly they declare 1t is all over but
1.-THE shouting. Privately they are work
/ ing tooth and nail to keep their lead
| The Taft men are certain that the
Roosevelt leaders will get no assist
ance from the little band of instruct
ed Wisconsin delegates. They expect
the North Dakota delegates to swing
into the Roosevelt column on all is
sues. But wisconsin, they claim, anG
/ this claim is agreed to by wise polite
4 ians who are on the ground, will &c
down voting for LaFollette. They
/ will not vote for the Roosevelt can
didate against LaFollette slated to be
the temporary and permanent chair
man OF the convention. They viii
/ have their own candidate, and this
! the Taft leaders say, will be a grea
4 advantage to them in putting Roo
A over"
coonel's Foaees ReIIgerent.
The Roosevelt leaders were NOR
belligerent today than at any tim
since the fight between the forme
1 president and the president began
There was no Disgusting the bite
disappointment they felt over tn
overwhelming majority by which Taf
1 controlled the committee They oper
ily declared that the steam roller wa
i. being operated to their confusion an
they also insisted that they woul
have the delegates and that they woul
see that the convention reversed tn
action of the committee. They state
that they would fight from the foo
to have the committee on credentials
, which will also consider contests, re
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-07
Taft Men pubfounded

The Taft men seemed dumbfounded
over the outcome. They had been
keyed up for fight and when they
found that it didn't come they did not
seem to realize what 1t all meant.
Even silent Murray Crane was moved
to speech.
For once the steam roller proved
unnecessary he calculated. Senator
Borah said when asked for state
ment that 80 fs- "a az sssrs nc asd his asso.
ciates were concerned they had voted
as they did because the contestants
had failed to make out case.
Regarding the action OF Roosevelt
men in voting to seat the Taft dele.
gates at large Committeeman Frank
b. Kellogg said privately:
The dozen or more Roosevelt men
on the national committee intend to
avoid all charges of attempting to
seat illegally chosen southern dele
gates. The contention in the Alabama
contests were that the Taft delegates
had been properly chosen by the Ala
banla state convention and in all fair.
ness it was incumbent upon the Roose-
welt national committeeman to admit
the fact"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-07
FIRST CONTEST
GOES TO TAFT.
Presidents Friends Scored 4 Sweep.
Ing Victory In tho Alabama
Contest Before National
Committee.
ROOSEVELT MEN QUIT.
Senator Borah Admitted That Hls
Side Failed to Make Case and
No Adverse Votes Were
Cast.

United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
'GOLIESUM, CHICAGO June Z -
The Taft forces scored a sweeping
victory on the first contest consider
ed by the republican national commit
tee today when the latter body ruled
that the Taft delegates at large from
Alabama should be placed on the tenn
porary roll of the republican national
committee. The delegates at large
seated we're o. D.. Street, j. j. Cur
tbs, S. T. Wright, Shelby S. Pleas
ants. Alex. G. Birch and U. G,
Mason.
"A demand was made for a RECORD
vote on the question and it wa
promptly grantd. Then came the sur
prise as the Roosevelt committeemel
voted to throw out the contest brough
by their own followers and the vot
was SO ayes and no noes,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-07
A Tactical Advantage

The Roosevelt men scored a tactical
advantage in disposing OF the matter.
They asked for roll call and were
granted it and afterward insisted that
this established precedent which
would have to be followed in the con
vention consideration of other states.
Some Of the Roosevelt leaders frank
ly admitted that there was very little
merit in the majority of the contests
in the southern states and they would
not interfere anywhere unless they
were certain that justice was on their
side.
The Taft delegates were seated in
the First and Second Alabama district
by a viva voca vote and without dis
cussion. They were Wiley W. Prig-
dorm and George Newstell There
were no contests in the Third and
Fourth districts and on formal mo-
ticns the Taft delegates from these
districts were placed on the temper
ary roll The committee then took
tup the Fifth district.
| In the Fifth Alabama district the
Taft delegates, Douglas Smith and
Lewis d. Hicks, were seated without
division and without any request fol
roll call.
The contest in the Sixth distric,
was abandoned and on motion it was
dismissed and the Taft delegates
Pope M. Long and Charles P. Luns
| ford, were placed on the temporary
| roll.
/ There were no contests in the Sew
i enth and Eighth districts and the reg
/ ular Taft delegates were placed on the
! convention roll. The committee ther
/ took up the last Of the Alabama con
tests. the Ninth district.
In the Ninth district the Roosevelt
contestants charged the Taft follow
ers with bolting the regular conyen
/ ton. The Taft delegates Oscar Hund
ley, who argued for the Roosevelt
/ forces, claimed, left the hall only al
ter they discovered they were in th'
minority This. the attorney for tn
i Taft claimants denied.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-07
palIy River Bulletin.
River Forecast. .

River Forecast.
The river will fall slowly from
Davenport to Keokuk during the re-
mainder of the week.
/.
Local Observations.
June 6, p M. SIS degrees. clear.
June Z, Z a. M, 81 degrees.
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eubscribsrs of Tho Daliy Gate City
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| ,Sealauy.a
lNf II
New-York tribune., 1912-04-01

teited all right ever again 10 sreak Tor
honesty OF 90 represent honest men
"As for the men who engineered the
frauds. or who in any way or shape are
their benefciaries. they take their places
beside Mr.. Keeling and his associates
who are responsible for what was zone
IN IndianapoliS. bosiG Messrs. GuSgen-
heim and Evans. who are responsible
for what was done in Denver and, IN
short beside the various other bosses
ia whom Mr.. Tafts cause has been com
mitted i'm the present contest, mat ls'
they stand with Mr.. Penrose. of Penn
.vlvsnia. who has just announced that
MIR. Sherman is TO be renomlnated as
Vice President, with Mr. GalllnGer' oi
New Hampshire. who is struggling to re
Introduce into that state the reign o
the boss and the special interest; with
Mr.. Cox. Of Ohio. with Patrick Calhoun.
o. California, whose part in San Fran
cisco politics can hardly be forgotteh'
and with Mr.. Lorimer. of Illinois, whose
very name describes with precision just
what he represents.
"AlI these developments are part OF
the same movement. Mr.. LOrimers ac-
ouittal is recommended by the members
of the Senate committee who are try
ing TO bring about the denomination OF
Mr.. Taft, in company with those VINO
practise the methods of which | have
spoken
I'VE are able to gauge by these ac-
tions Just what is meant in actual prdc-
tice by the application of the Presi-
dents doctrine that we should have
government Of the people by q repre-
sentative part of the people. Mr..
Koenig and those with him who are
responsible for the fraudulent New
York primary. Messrs. GugGenheim ana
Evans, Of Colorado. Mr.. Calhoun ana
the unspeakable alliance of politicians
and business men who stood Dehihd
him in California. Mr. Pcnrosc and MT.
Gallinger, the members of the senate
COMMITTEES who voted to keep Mr. Lor-
inner in his seat in the Senate, Mr..
Keeling and those responsible for the
outrage in Indianapolis-these are the
representative part OF the people VINO
In accordance with Mr.. Taft's doctrine,
ara to govern the rest Of the people
Last night Mr.. Taft said that pros
perity was coming and that We should
do nothing TO check it, In the hrst
place, ! do not believe that permanent
prosperity will come through or by dis-'
honesty, and. in the second place l be-
llsve that this country cannot "a ord to
purchase prosperity on such terms; can
not a ord to accept prosperity as the
prtcs Of dishonesty and corruption such
as We have seen in the last few days
and such as is symbolized by the SUI
premacy in politics of so many OF the
man whom l have mentioned"
New-York tribune., 1912-04-01
DISCUSSION OF LEWIS CASE
MAGAZINE Article Gives Bar Assocla
tion's Side of Controversy.

The controversy stirred up by the re-
ftlsal Of the American Bar Association u
admit to membership William H. Lewis
United States Attorney General, is the SUD
iect of a voluminous discussion In the conf
ing first issue of the new series OF "Bench
and Bar"
LAYING aside entirely the ethics oil 'he
question. the association firmly contehus
that inasmuch AZ the organization u ho'
only a professional but social oody IL Is
compelled TO protect itself against any
policy which would be undesirable 10 's
members The article says, I'm part
Membership 20 the American Bar Asso-
citation confers certaip privileges OF cnaI.
acter which imply social intercourse upon
a basis OF equality. To a very large pro
portlon of the membership. however ,nVa
oughIy each one might respect the snaa atta,na
ments ability and character OF soio,eo
man. this sort Of association wouid pc VIZ
lently distasteful. Certainly III lnis serse =
and TO this extent, the introductlon oa
coIored man TO membership Is unloi i,unsr ss.,
and il seems to us to be mistake 80 shis
o,Is as that II should be corrected IL '"''
may now lie done.