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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12

HIGHER WAGES WANTED
Says Lawrence Disturbances Would
Appear Like chlld's Play II
He onoe Get. Things Co
Ing ti's Way.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, Dec. 12.-Fresh from
Lawrence, Mass, where he led bit
ter labor war against the WOODEN
mills, William d. Haywood, I. w. w.
leader, is here today laying plans for
IA general strike against the meat
packing and steel industries.
He said today that he and other
organizers had succeeded in enrolling
a large share of THE packing laborers
and that they would be in shape in a
short time to call strike If their de-
mands for better working conditions
and higher wages were ignored.
"A strike that we could call In Chi
cago, the greatest industrial center
in the world, would make Lawrence
disturbances look like child's play,
said Haywood today.
There is feeling of unrest amont
the employees at the stock yards ant
1 in the steel nNsls. We are going t.
try to crystalize this sentiment int
| the greatest strike we have ever at
tempted. In our activity agains
the United States Steel corporation
we expect to have public sympath,
on our side"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12
OREGON'S BLACK FRIDAY
TO BE OBSERVED TOMORROW

Rhode Island and one from Lord
Bedborough OF England, We're present
ed, pleading hat the executions be
at least postponed until the people of
Oregon can once more yote on the
proposition to abolish capital punish
ment
Despite these petitions Governor
West reiterated his termination
not to interfere.
These five men will hang every
one" he emphatieally asserted II
positively shall not interfere
Piled on the governors desk are
letters from hundreds Of Oregon vot-
ers who said they voted against he
abolition of capital punishment on
November 5 but wished to change
their votes. Many Of these declare
lforegon will be eternaiiy disgraced
by the Black Friday of December ts
af the condemned men bang
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12

ALLEGED COMBINE
Civil Antitrust Suit Has Been Filed
by Attorney Naming Great
Number Of De-
fendants.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 12.-Charg-
ing violation of the Sherman anti
trust law, the federal government to-
day filed civil antitrust suit in the
federal court here against the horse
shoe trust" In a petition in equity
Attorney General Wickersham seeks
action against the Master Horse
Shoers National Protective Assocla-
ton, its officers, and manufacturers
! OF drilled horse shoes, adjustable
| calks and rubber hoof pads, from con-
tfnuing an alleged CONSERVATION in re.
straint of trade The government at
torneys charge that the persons and
organizations named in the suit have
entered into a conspiracy to confine
the sale of their products in this
country and Canada to horse shoers
and to prevent sales direct to horse
/ owners.
Following are named as defend
ants:
The Master Horse Shoers' National
lOlCStlN0 A6SOC1dIiOU Ol
! l(New York;; the Master Horse
4 Shoers' National Protective Associa
Hion Of America (Michigan): the VIII
! aiams Drop Forging Compan.
/ (Penna.); the Rowe Calk Compan.
4 (Connecticut); Diamond Calk ant
i Horse Shoe Company (Minnesota)
the Clan. Grip Horse Shoe Compan.
Il 1(Wyomingl; Aid-o-Pad Company; Re
we're Rubber O Company tRhnde II
landD; Walpole Rubber Compan
4 lMaine): William Killian and Sol
fMassachusetts); the Firestone Tir
and Rubber Company (Ohio); Osta
gan Drop Forge Company (Illinois)
Dryden Hoof and Pad Company GILL
noisy; Hoopeston Horse Nail Con
pany Illinois); William 2. Murph
(Philadelphia); Harry T. Baldwi
tGrand Rapids; Charles e. Graf
: 'tFlorisant, MOI; Charles A. Kels
i(Baltimore) Charles j. McGinnes
(Brooklyn): jeremiah G. Buckle
lIa(Detroitl; Michael A. Hallahan (Nes
l York;; Charles p Dryden fChicago)
Carl A. Judson (Chicagol; Edwar
r Fitzgerald and w. w Todd
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12
AIEMONY PAYERS
y FINED FOR LIFE
Crusade to be Started With
Object Of Making Punish
mont Less Severe.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Seryice1
DENVER, Colo, Dec. 12--"Want
address of every man in Denver up
against the alimony-paying PROPOSE
ton. Quick action necessary"
This ad published in local paper
today was the opening gun in brand
new crusade started In an effort to
annihilate utterly the system where
by husbands-that-were are compelled
to pay permanent alimony to axr
wives.
George r. Esterling, chief crusader
and originator of the idea, proposes
to band together the grass widowers
Of the land and wage fight into the
highest court against the everlasting
paying. Said he today
'I believe that 1t is unconstitu.
tional, TO practically fine man for
/ life for making matrimonial mis-
4 take, and my grounds are these: If a
/ man steals a horse or commits q
1 burglary he receives sentence to
suffer punishment for certain
length of time, and he is privileged
after serving that sentence. to star,
in life anew; whereas, in the condem
nation for matrimonial mistake, ht
is sentenced practically for life-thai
is to say, he is punished with a con
tinuous fine.
ut is for these reasons that I have
invited others similarly situated tt
cooperate with me in an endeayor tt
carry this question to the suprem,
legal authorities. confident that the!
cannot but hold with us that man
rights are at least equal to those Of ;
woman and that if the matrimonial
contract is broken the terms of th,
i!contract will bear equally upon botl
lIpartiea thereto
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12

AND OF COURSE he WON MEN WILL GO ALONG
Fourteen Men Arc to March Along
With tho Ladies' But They
Cannot Carry Any
5undles

Omitted Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-Plans for
cooking the noon-day meal by the
roadside were announced today to the
forty suffragettes who will start Mon
day on a fifteen day hike to Albany,
where they will urge their cause to
the legislature.
| A solemn agreement was entered
into by all the women planning to
make the trip that under no circum-
stances would they board train, eat
anything at MONDAY other than the
food prepared for the whole party, or
/ let any man in the party carry any OF
their burdens.
/ Announcement was made by Miss
! Rosalie Jones, who has charge Of the
arrangements, and is the author OF
the plan that dozen men had prom
ised to march.
The men will make the business ar
rangements for the party, but they
y will not have to carry of the bundles
except those which belong to them.
i The party will start early Monda,
morning and walk up Broadway t.
Yonkers. There they will be greeted
with drum corps and escorted tt
4 lNewburgh, where the party will spene
the night.
Miss Jones returned today from
trip along the way. She announces
that the party would be augmented il
!, several cities and at nearly ever
i, stop committee would be waiting t
81 walk to the next town.
: No walking will he done on Christ
mas. but every other day the womel
! will walk ten miles. They plan t
reach Albany by December 81.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12

New York Stock Market Was Headed
Toward Trouble Whom the Big
Money MosuI Came TO
the Rescue.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-The magic
name of John Pierpont Morgan was
whispered on Wall street today to
.end bear raid and within fifteen
minutes demoralized stock LIST that
had seemed to be headed toward the
near-panic figure. had stiffened Won
derfully. And as usual Morgan was
credited with having added to his
millions.
There was no way Of learning
whether Morgan was an ac.uality In
the market or whether, as usual, his
name had been used by the men who,
after forcing the list down to where
they were able to purchase wanted
bargains, sent it upward again after
4 they had transferred their new pur-
chases to their safes.
The rumor, as circulated, was that
Morgan had taken off the hands OF
q leading financier $4,000 shares OF
Union Pacific at price said to have
i been $50 and this stock, liquilation OF
which threatened to demOrallZe the
entire list still further, was no long
er menace. Whether true or false
there was sharp recovery of all
! stocks and on it Union Pacific ad
vanced to 1861 where there was
Ianuch profit taking.
For the second time this year thu
4 market has been raided by the bears
without the public suffering to an.
4 great extent The market for NOR
] than year now has been almost en-
Etirely professional and it has beer
dog-eat-dog with the public as a gen
eral thing sitting on the side line'
and taking no part in either the pro
i fits or The losses.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12
FIFTY COAL CARS PILED
IN HEAP ON DEAD BODIES

caused by the buckling Of the freight
when it ran off down grade. Some
fifty coal cars are reported piled up.
The known dead are:
CARL MASTERS, Hyndinan, Pa.
brakeman.
NEWTON MARTz. engineer. Ken
nil Mills. Pa.
THREE OTHERS, one OF whom Is
believed to be w. S. Small. Cumber
land, are buried under the wreckage
The coal train was going up the
Sand path grade on the Connellsyille
division with two locomotives pulling
/ it The train parted when half way
to the top OF the incline and the run
away section sped down the hill
going over an embankment at curve
The injured men were brought to
hospital hers
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12
HER HAIR WAS
ALL HER OWN
Woman Objected to Being Accused Of
Wearing Wig and Drew
a Pistol.

limited Press Leased Wire Service j
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 12.-Becanse
she insinuated to group of friends
that Miss Minnie Tolles wore wig,
Mrs. Beatrice Woods is dead today
from bullet wounds, and the woman
about whom she gossipped is being
trailed by he police. Both women
are co]ored.
The shooting occurred at a social
gathering last night. Mrs. Woods, ac
cording to stories told the police by
witnesses, persisted in turning the
conversation into channels which SC
angered Miss Tolles that she fired
two revolver shots at her tormentol
and then fled
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12
Defendants In Dynamite Conspiracy
Case Give Their Versions of
Various Passages in
Lettera.
DENY ALL ALLEGATIONS
Swear on Stand That They Mover
Hoard Of the MoNamaras unsll
After Thcy Mere
Arrested.

UNITED Press Leased Wirs Service.l
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Dec. H.
John H. Barry of st. Louis, the six
teenth defendant in the alleged dyna-
mite conspiracy to take the witness
stand, resumed his denials of the gov
ernment's charges at opening OF court
today.
Barry's cross-examination was An
ished shortly after he took the stand
today and he was followed by De-
fendant w. Bert Brown of Kansas
City, Mo.
did you know that five explosions
occurred in Steuhenville, Ohio, within
three weeks after you visited that
placer" Barry was asked
Il wouldn't say that | knew Of five,
read of the explosions" he replied.
Barry denied that he knew Of $10,-
600 that was used for dynamitings by
| J. j. Mcnamara during the time Bar.
ry was on the unions auditing com
mittee. He admitted seeing the In
itials "E f." in the books on two oo
casions They meant Emergency
Fund" said Barry.
/ Brown fatty denied the testimony
of Chales Brown, Kansas City barb
er, who said that the defendant
4 Brown, and j. B.. Mcnamara made
1.-THE government witness proposition
to dynamite a railroad bridge tina
: IT, b., himself confessed to blowing III
later, August %, 1910. Brown. th
labor leader, swore he never heard o
4 Mo Namara until his arrest and neye
saw the witness named Brown.
",rhe only course to pursue witt
McClintic-Marshall is to hinder thei
work as much as possible said a let
ter Brown wrote to headquarters.
How did you propose to hinde
their operations?" asked Attorne
Howells on direct examination.
BY organizing their men, answer
ed Brown.
> Sorry made this mistake. ar
J getting used to the business wa
!, another passage the witness was ash
ed to explain.
5 ut was business agent business,
I guess Brown stated.
He admitted that before an explo:
ion on Kansas City open shop COZ
tract he wrote J. J. Mcnamara; 9TH
Job is too big to handle locally" an
, asked help from headquarters. Brow
! said he meant more union organizer
we're needed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12
Only Twelve
More Days
Until Christmas

The Good Fellows Com
mittee asks you not to de-
lay in notifying them what
you want to do for the
children at Christmas.
Get the names of any num-
ber you want and take the
presents yourself, or ask
the Good Fellows commit
tee to take them for you.
If you prefer, send money
to the committee and they
will do your shopping for
you. Please telephone
now, to Miss Frances
Meigs, 60 black, ~ Miss
Mary Howell, 467 red.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12
Bull MOO sE POW
Wow is ENDID
Short Address by the Colonel
and Delegates Go Home,
Prepared to Fight.

[JJnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, Dec. 12.-With the de-
parture of Colonel Roosevelt at 1890
this morning for New York, the pro-
gressiye national conference, which
was on here for two days, became his
tory. The open conference. which
was attended by nearly 1000 progress
sives from every state in the country,
except Nevada, was brought to an
end last night by short address by
Colonel Roosevelt.
Every delegate returned to his or
her home pledged to continue work
ing for progressive principles untrl
the next election The national COM
mittee headed by former Senator Jo-
seph M. Dixon, and the national exec
utive committee, headed by George
w. Perkins, planned to keep busy
through the next four years in build
ing up campaign organization that
would be more effective than the one
they had at the last election.
It remained for Senator Dixon to
name five members Of a committee
of seven to go 20 Europe and study
at close range the systems Of the
English liberal party and the German
socialists. DR. Walter Weqle OF New
York, and Medill Mccormick of Chi
| cago, were designated as members OF
the committee last night.
The progressive leaders believed
they had made a popular move when
hey made the officers of the party or
oanizations, national, state, distric
and county, subject to tho Secall.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12
Grain Rate Advance.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-The in
terstate commerce commission today
suspended until April a proposed ad-
vances on wheat and coarse grains
from Kansas City and other Missouri
river points to southern Illinois. The
proposed rates average two cents a
hundred pounds higher, and are over
the G. b. & O., Rock Island and Mis-
souri, Pacific railroads.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12
STRIKERS CREATE
REIGN OF TERROR
Deputy ss1criffs With Loaded Repeat
ing Rifles are Standing
Asas on Guard.


limited Press Leased Wire Seryice.]
SHADY SIDE. N. j., Dec. 12.-Dep-
uty sheriffs with loaded repeating
rifles on their shoulders and auto.
matte pistols in their belts, patrolled
The Palisades and Hudson river
wharves here today ready TO quell any
renewal of the rioting that last night
resulted in Ahe killing of two special
police and the wounding of twenty
Others. They had little to do, how
ever. as the striking coal handlers
and longshoremen kept away from
the docks.
The strikebreakers who We're on the
job yesterday fled at the first sign
Of trouble.
All of the Erie and the susque-
hanna works in this vicinity are be,
ing carefully guarded.
The companies of the national
guard stationed in Norh Jersey ars
under orders from the sheriff OF Ber
gen county to be ready for strike
| duty at a moments notice. The
| strikers are for the most part Italians
/ and Poles. They are known to be
well armed They have openly as
serted that they will refuse to permi
Fheir places to be filled, and the com
pany, after the strength they display
ed yesterday, admittedly fears them.
The men want 25 cents an hour fol
unloading coal. They were receivlns
% cents, and. when the company Off
cials refused The Use they went OF
strike. The company immediately be
gan hiring strikebreakers. The mel
claim that the company is paying TIN
strikebreakers more than they them
selves asked for and this added u
the bitter feeling.
Although seven of the wounded arr
in Haekensack and Hohoken hospi'
ais, it was said today that they prob
ably will all recover.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12

MERE CURTAIN RAISER
The Big show VIII Be Staged Later
on When Fifty Moro Witnesses
VIII He Ex
axsstned.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Seryice.1
+ WASHINGTON, Dec. IL Inside
history of the operations Of this
street formed the evidence develop
ed today before the house money
trust investigating committee. Every
effort was made to expediate
the examinations OF financiera
in order that adjournment could
be taken until Monday The
investigation will halt temporar-
lily next week when congress adjourns
for the holiday recess, but will be re-
sumed early in January.
7 How the inner circle of the stock
exchange operates was the testimony
,Untermyer proposed to draw today
from the Wall street magnates. Their
appearance followed vigorous protests
against being kept here all week
without testifying, while the stock
market was cutting capers. Inter
myer promised to make every effort
to release them today.
'Chastisement OF members for az
legged irregularities by fines and ex-
pulsion' were proposed featured OF
today's hearing Wash sales" ana
! other intricacies Of market manipula-
] tion were other phases OF examina-
aion scheduled.
How stock prices may be controlled
ny manipulations of raw materials
was the closing features of yester-
days hearings Untermyer brought
out that the United Metals Sales Com
fpany, Of which II. II. Rogers and Will
/ liam Rockefeller OF the Amalgamated
Copper Company, we're directors ac-
numulated great stores of copper in
1907, just before the panic, and that
the prices OF copper stocks were held
Y up until the copper supplies were
funloaded."
This weeks testimony. however,
,according to committee members, IL
| mere curtain-raiser to the big
show, to be staged later on. A prin-
i,cipal phase Of future probing will be
finterlocking directofates" to show
the close communion of interests in
many corporations of a small groiii
: bf money barons. Fifty more wit
Inessea, it is said, await quizzing be
fore. the committee.
,, Widely published charges that wit
; Inesses were being unduly detained
Acre without examination, were de
! MED today by Chairman Puto In open
lang the hearings.
I an view of statements in thi'
/ mornings papers that brokers' con
/ nected with the New York stock ex
/ change are being ,Induly detained il
q washington he said, the Chairman
II desires to say there is no Foundation
It i&whatever for any such complaint ant
: that from statements made by thu
3 hounsel for the stock exchange tht
! gentlemen in question do not sunpor
g land are not responsible for those re
iports.
There are FIVE members of in
stock exchange board OF governor
> here, hut only two have been asked t
. attend. These were notified that thei
% presence would not be required until
e today. They have suffered at the mos
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12
Firemen Injured.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
CHICAGO, Dec. 12.-Three firemen
we're injured, one Of them probably
fatally, when a fire engine, respond
ing to an alarm on Wabash avenue,
overturned. Pipeman Thomas Craw.
ley was injured internally and both
his legs were broken. He was taken
to st. Bernard's hospital where he
was not expected to live. Driver
Strueben suffered a severe scalp
wound w. ]. Albrecht, engineer
was bruised about the head and his
left leg was injured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12
Five Men Are to be Hanged
in Spite of Protests to
the Governor.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
SALEM, Oregon, Dec. 12.-Carry-
ing letters from the governors of all
the states in the union which have
abolished capital punishment, 100
prominent citizens of Portland came
here today and demanded that Cover
nor Oswald West change his mind
and prevent the quintuple execution
scheduled TO take place in the state
penitentiary tomorrow morning.
Communications from the chief
executives OF Kansas, Maine and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12
cntton Report.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, Dec. IA special
report by the department OF agricut
ture this afternoon estimated that
the total production of cotton in the
United States for the last season will
amount to 6,612335,0oo pounds no'
including linters), equivalent to 13,
$4,000 bales OF 500 pounds grost
weight. Last year the total was Is,
692,701 bales. The FIVE year average
is 11,S47,27o.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12
Coal Deals.

TTJnited Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Dec. 2.The federal
grand jury resumed its investigation
of alleged deals involving the New
York Central lines and tho O'Gara
Coal Company today. indictments
against individuals are expected. The
coal company is already indicted be
cause of the appearance s25,ooC
on it's books coming from the rail
road. The charge is accepting re
bates In violation of the interstate
commerce law.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12
Wife Spanking.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Seryice.l
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 12.-Spanking
is grounds for divorce, according to
Judge Monroe, who granted decree
to Melvin A Comes, wife of Lloyd
Comes. Comes admitted the spanking
but affirmed it was needed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12
Married Another.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
CHICAGO. Dec. 12.-Coming here
from Fort Worth, Texas, to wed Miss
Myrtle Pierce, Rudolph p. B. Muller,
wealthy young man, eloped with
Miss Dorothy Regal, his fiancee's
chum, and was married in Cincinnati.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12
Morning Wreck Kills Train
men When Cars Run Away
Down Grade.

FrUnited Press Leased Wire Seryice.l
4 CUMBERLAND, Nd, Dec. 12.-Five
|Pf the train crew are reported dead
knd four injured in freight wreck on
Ahe Connellsville division of the Bal
bimore and Ohio railroad early today
hear Glencoe, twenty-eight miles west
lE this city.
Nh The dead and injured were report
\ IA to be under mass Of wreckage
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12
THE WEATHER. EI,1A

For Keokuk and Vicinity: Fair to-
night and Friday. Rising tempera-
ture.
For Illinois, Iowa and Missouri:
Fair tonight and Friday. Rising tenn
perature.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12

Mean temperature 11th, 90
Lowest tempera. ure, IL.
Highest temperature, 80.
Lowest temperature last night, 9.
The fall CT the river stage was due
to anchor ice forming in the rapids
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12

CONTINUED on page s.)
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12

THE PAPER THAT BOOSTS kEo-
Kuk ALL THE TIME.
subscribers OF The Daily Gate city
are Served the full Leased Wire Ser
| Vice OF the United Press Association.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
SoILED POSTAGE STAMPS.

" They Are Ink Splasi,ed They Won't
Do TO Put on Letters.
How dirty can q postage stamp be-
come and sill retain its usefulness In
the eyes OF the e0vernmeae?" was .
question psopounded TO muddle the "a
ready overworkea brain Of 4 busy man.
Happening 10 meet q postnaR who was
collecting mail, the man handed him q
stamped letter.
That won't &C." said the pOstman.
Stamps dirty"
As was his wont on special occasions
the busy man resorted to sarcasm.
"Slnce when" he demanded, did the
United States government become SO
immaculate that It requires none but
unsullied stamps stuck on its lettersT
Wen. they've always been pretty
particular" returned the unperturbed
pOstman. but there are some kinds Of
dirt that count for more than others.
That stamps got ink On 1t. Inky
stamps don't 20 because an ink spot
could be used to disguise q cancelled
stamp"
Then I suppose every stamp hap
pen TO drop a spsek OF Ink on Il vast
edy'
ooh no. Turn II IN 70 the once
where You bought il and after . car