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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
BRAND NEW MONEY
FOR CHRISTMAS
Treasury Department Besieged
With Requests For Fresh
New Pieces.

I United Press eased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, Dec. ID. - The
treasury department Is literally be-
,sieged by banks, business houses,
merchants and even individual citi-
zens for brand new money for the
Christmas holidays. All requests
pro 2erly made out are being satisfied
as promptly as possible. There is an
abundant supply of brand new gold
coins in the treasury, but only a
medium supply Of silver money. The
supply of new paper money is not
strong enough to supply the demand
The west leans toward gold coin;
the east, paper money, and the south
silver.
AS = is the custom of many busi
ness concerns, banks, stores and of
fices to pay off before Christmas ant
New Years In new money, the treas
Jury annually endeavors to satisfy this
demand But the demand for new
money this Christmas seems to b,
,mucl greater than ever before.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
LETE sQUEAL FROM
AGENT OF VICE TRUST

Emory r. Buckner, chief OF the alder-
manic investigators counsel. The
meeting place was closely guarded
secret. the women having explained
to Buckner that they feared the tate
of Rosenthal If certain police graft
ers" learned their identity. Buckner
was once one of Whitman's assist
ants and he was expected to place
all the information he obtained at the
disposal OF the district attorney.
There are a number of cases pend
ING against women and men disorder
" house proprietors In The courts.
RI was understood tonight that some
of these persons accused, satlsfled
that the rule of the police through
graft was to be shattered as The re-
suit OF the impending upheaval, had
c.ered to tell all they know about
gTast payments; how much was PAID
who collected 1t and where 1t went
If. tl,ev were granted immunity from
the charges on which they await trial
In addition it was reported that Whit
man. with the consent OF justice
Goff. had already arranged with al
igeass one collector to grant him Inn
imunity providing he furnished evi
| dence that would convict the mair
police grafters. The very fact that
| whitman, through the use OF these
methods, was able to convict Becker
and the gunmen lent color 20 this
aumor. 1t was also reported that tht
/ proprietors of certain saloons, wher'
] the women of the underworld have
been in the habit OF congregatins
were subpoenaed today and will bt
subjected to John Doe interroga
lions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
Greater Exposition Of condi-
tions in New York Than
Ever Before.

hIIn5fed press Leased Wire ServlceJ
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-IhG a
kcomplete squeal'' has been made py
ban agent Of the vice trust which, uh-
eder the protection of certain grating
policemen, has operated disorderiy
zresorts in this city, was rumored 10
Hnight. 1t was because of this fact'
*the report said, that District Attor-
hey Whitman and Justice Goff CONFER
Ered today ard IL was decided to start
#he grand jury ON real investigator
Eof the entire city disorderly business
Fon Monday
That sensational revelations are
klmpending is not dollbted. 1t was IN
{timated at the district attorneys OF
fnce that the Becker incident would
Ihe eclipsed and wholesale indict-
ments were expected.
! Mrs. Mary Goode, who SO calmly
AdmIitted to the aldermanic lnvestf
<Rators that she had run Illegal resorts
z[Iere for years; that she had paid for
xotection, and tha. they all do ",
!2& the head and front of the entire IN
6stigation. A number of women IN
z&pendents, so-called because OF thelf
Iegal houses in exposition to fhe
49Eust'' which has had a monopoly @
1e infamous trade, met tonight Will
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15

SLAYER WAS FORGIVEN
Family ls In Destitute Circumstances
and Santa Claus Is Not Mem
toned In the Little
Home.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Seryice.1
CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-THE Christ
mas spirit Of good will is to find
practical application in the case OF a
widow whose husband was slain and
the policeman who was exonerated
by a coroners jury which decided
'lfat he shot in self-defense.
Daniel Beaumont, caib-man. faith
er Of five year old girl, was killed
on January 9, Policeman Joseph De
yaney was not held guilty of murder,
because 1t was shown that he was
compelled to shoot at a crowd of men
who were showering bricks upon him
! to save his own life.
Tonight Devaney went 20 the Beau-
mont home and asked forgiveness OF
1 the claimants widow. He found the
1 family in destitute circumstances
! Mrs. Beaumont said she had forgiven
/ him long ago.
1 Devaney went direct to Police
Chief MeNNeeny's office and told him
about the poor woman and her daugh'
ter An official order will go out
from the chiefs Office Monday recon
mending thai every policeman who
feels charitably inclined contribute
y 70 a fund for Mrs. Beaumont.
4 Santa Claus was not mentionable
subject in the home tonight, because
the widow had not learned that ever.
policeman who heard about hel
iWledged that he would add his mit'
to the Beaumont fund.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
MODERN UTOPIA PL ANS
SCORED BY WICKERSHAN

independence OF the judicial system
has been almost entirely Destroyer
by short terms Of office and small sal-
aries, together with the threat OF re-
movai that is constantly hanging over
them"
The new school," Wickersham said
rejects as unworthy all limitations
upon the immediate exercise of power
and reduces bills of rights to mere
counselss of perfection 1t abandon
all idea of permanency In the funda-
mental laws The constitution is
changed as lightly as the codes OF
legal procedure. In Oregon, for ex-
ample it's constitution was not
changed between 1859 and 1902-a
I period of 49 years. Between 1902 and
1910--eight years-it was amended
twelve times. This constitution tin
kering Is the inevitable result OF re-
ducing constitutions to the category of
statutes"
Wickersham scored the Roosevelt
proposal to submit judicial decisions
/ upon the iustness and adequacy OF
new statutes to popular vote to de-
terrnine their legality. To accom-
+ plish this, he said meant that all
constitutional amendments would be-
come mere elaborate statutes
4 Consider" he SAID in closing.
whether the evils from which we
suffer may not be cured without the
destruction of our cherished institu.
tions; examine all this in a spirit OF
candor, concession and openness to
conviction and as Mr.. Mason said in
1877 God grant that prejudice may
not make us blinG to our own inter
) ests-''
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
CALLS AMERICA
EuJROPE'S SPlTOON
Congress Wrangled Over Bill
Requiring That Immigrants
Must be Educated.

,IJnited Press Leased Wire service.1
/, WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-For four
hours the house ,wrangled and strug-
gled in the throes Of a filibuster to-
day over the Dillingham; BurnetN imi-
lgration bill and then adjourned until
Monday without taking final vote
.on the measure. A small coterie OF
Republicans, democrats and progres-
,sives made the bill hang fire all day
long, and the srectacle OF a portion
of three political camps cemersted In
ITO solid opposition lent added interest
Ito a picturesque debate.
Il Representative Burnett of Alabama
author of the measure, which re
auires that an alien must be able tc
read or write in some Language, de
scribed America at present as the
epittoon of Europe"
Representative Moore Of Pennsyi
wanna who led the opposing faction
declared the bill bars all illiterate
Foreigners, and a. the same time per
mits entry to college graduates whose
character would not stand the test
,of daylight, as well as educated
nA->Shanders."
1 For the first time in years the de
bate developed split between ez
/ Speaker Cannon and his fellow mem
ber of the big four that used t.
! rule the house, Representative Dal
yell. Cannon argued that the whea
\ fields of the northwest needed labor
Dalzell wanted the bill reacted.
u Hurley of Massachusetts delved in
ITO history. naming many foreigner
twho had come to America penniiess
SOME of them unable to read and wht
had helped to make tha nation great
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
Everything Is in Readiness for
the Turko- Balkan Peace
Conference.
WILL FIGHT FOR PEACE
Greeks Are Still Hammering
Away at Sultan and Con-
tinuing War Alone.

[United Press Leased Wire Service
! LONDON, Dec. 14.-With every
thing in readiness for the formal
opening Of the Turkish Balkan peace
conference at st. James Palace Mon
day, diplomats and onbookers in the
war game were chiefly interested in
the attitude OF Turkey and Greece to-
wards each other.
The Greek government, SO far az
was known, has neither signed the
protocol or Baghtche, nor made any
armistice agreement with the Oto-
man government Yet the Greek en-.
voys expected to enter the conference
Monday, which will be opened by an
address by SIR Edward Grey secre.
tary OF state for foreign affairs, who
already has greeted the peace pleni-
potentiaries at the foreign Office.
That there YVES no misunderstand-
/ ing among Greece and the Balkan
states and that the alliance was In
no danger Of disintegration, as dis
patches emanating from Constants
nople stated, was evidenced by the
4 following semi-official statement pub
lished in Athens:
The fact that Greece has not sign
ed the armistice should not be inter
4 preted as proof OF dissension among
4 the allies According to explanations
4 furnished here, Greece was particu
larly anxious that her naval action
should not be interrupted, In order
that the revictualing OF the Turkish
fortresses in Epirus should not bt
rendered possible Greece was con
sidering the interests OF all her al
lies rather than her own, The ALI
ance is intact and with It have beer
preserved the chances of peace which
would have suffered with the rein
forcement of the Dardanelles and tn,
ChataIja garrisons. It<has been showl
by the recent Turkish-Italian treat.
that such agreements need not neces
and it is officially announced that tn
: Greek plenipotentiaries will partic
pate in the London peace negotia
tons
The foregoing explanation OF IN
Greek attitude, coupled with tn
Porte's withdrawal OF its instruction
to Rechid Pasha, chief of the Turks
ENJOYS, not to treat with Greece III
III that ration signed the protoco
led the optimistic to hope that ther
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
Money Trust investigation Commit
tee Has Barely Got Started Ia
Its Probs into American FL
nanciai Conditions.
GAMBLING ON CHANGE
Small Percentage Of Stock Sold Is
Actually Transferred on the
Books Of the Corpora
tion Represented.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.J
WASHINGTON, Dec We've
only skinned the surface SO far" This,
was the declaration tonight OF
member OF the money trust inyesti-
eating committee, which this after
noon totalled UP results Of its weeks
work and laid lines for more exhaus-
tive inquiry next week.
Privately, the probers expressed
great satisfaction with the informa-
tion disclosed during the last weeks
hearings They declared that abuses
demanding corrections have been
clearly shown. 1t was learned author
! itatively tha. recommendations for
legislation to meet certain alleged
| financial abuses will follow within a
month or six weeks
Necessity for such legislation is
tased by committeeman upon the fol
/ loving principal developments Of the
inquiry SO far
That gambling exists In the New
York stock exchange, to some extent
! at least.
4 That most brokers consider short
kselling" of stock legitimate.
That stock pools have been oper'
4 ated to blind investors and bankers
as well as damaging, some times, the
i operators themselves.
4 That stocks have been violently
manipulated by a single operator.
d That the New York stock exchange
compels its members by iron-clat
rules to trade only in securities list
ed on that or the curb" exchange.
That the exchange sells for sloO
coo year its quotations to the West
ern Telegraph Company, for distribu
ton to all points Of the world.
That brokers re-hypothecate securi
ties Of their customers.
That brokers speculate TO grea
extent on their own account withou
paying commissions charged tn
public.
That entire capital stock of man,
corporations is "sold'' over time an
again in a year.
That a. small percentage of stoc
; sold is actually transferred on corpol
ations' books.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
TWO JONAHS OF
AMERICAN POLITICS
Elimination of Roosevelt and
Bryan is Urged as
Wise Move.

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! CHICAGO, Dec 14.-The elimina-
stion from national politics OF two
,personalities Theodore Roosevelt
and William Jennings Bryan-was
urged by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler.
president OF Columbia University, in
an address before the Commercial
Club OF Chicago tonight. His sub
feet was What is progress in poll
itics?"
For nearly twenty years. he said.
f-these tyo powerful and attractive
personalities have largely dominated
the imagination OF large elements OF
the American people. These two at
aractive men have much in common
and many points of difference. When
either Of them is before the elector
ate as a candidate for high Office, II
is almost impossible 10 obtain discus
sion of any political proposal save
with reference to the personality oi
the man.
The effect of this limitation upor
our political life has not been happy
Passionate feeling has been aroused
iat a time when cool reason was mos
necessary and blind personal advoo
acy or blind personal antagonism hat
taken the place OF statesman-lik'
discussion OF principles and of poll
,c1es,
DR.. Buffers address was largely dc
1 voted TO plea for the exercise 0
care in changing the constitution an
tn attempting an adjustment of tn
relations of the individual and til
i.ate,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
EVERYBODY LIED
But DEFENDANTS
All Denial Records at Dynamite Con-
splracy Trial We're Broken by
shupe, Anderson and
Smith.
ALWAYS PEACEFUL MEN
Smith Denied Knowing Anything
About Special Delivery Pack
age Although Receipt Was
Produced.

rUnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Dec. 14.-All
denial records at the dynamite con-
spiracy trial were broken today
when Defendants William Shupe, of
Chicago, and George Anderson and
Peter ]. Smith, both of Cleveland, O.,
completed direct and cross-examina-
ton
Bitterly assailed by District Attor-
ney Charles Miller, the trio refused
to admit they conspired to win the
union shop by violence Or had any
I thing to do with Interstate transfers
of explosives
discriminating incidents sworn to
| by as many as dozen government
witnesses were dneied by the three
labor leaders. Admission would have
meant their conviction and would
have dragged down several of the
lother thirty-eight defendants also.
Smith particularly aroused the ire
of the prosecutor by denying that a
special delivery package allegedly con
tanning a dynamite fuse was deliver.
4 ed at his house in July 1910. Postof
4 flee records were introduced to show
4 that a package was delivered and
4 signed for by a mark opposite Mrs
I p. J. Smith Anderson said he was
4 at the Smith home that day and saw
or heard of no such delivery. The
women at the house could have
signed their own names, both mel
testified.
J. They denied meeting Ortie Nc
{ Manigal at the Cleveland railroad sta
| ton when the confessed dynamite
was on his way to blow up open shol
Jobs at Akron and North Randall, Q
Anderson gave the lie to severa
government witnesses who testifie,
. they saw him In the vicinity of Mort
Randall, Ohio.
Z Smith and Anderson, whose nicl
' name is "Nipper," tried to establis
! a reputation as advocates of peacefr
, strike methods, in the face of letter:
/ and alleged statements the govern
g ment had introduced, to show tha
I the men inaugurated reign of tel
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
ust the Right Sort Of Bit Of
Gossip for the French to
Enjoy.
Vas AMERICAN WOMAN
[umm's Extra Dry Man Got
Bullet in Shoulder From
Mrs. Barnes.

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| PARIS, Dec. Speculation, con
ecture and gossip tonight continued
be busy with the shooting of Walt
b De Mumm, clubman, sportsman,
eronaut and member of the famous
fine growing family by the New York
ivorcee, Mrs. Marie Van Ransimer
$arnes-Creel. According to a report
N the police commissary investigat-
bg the affair, Mrs. Barnes, as she
fas known here, shot De Mumm only
fter he had brutally beaten ard
licked her.
Reports that De Mumm shot Mrs.
barnes first and that she wrested a
eweled revolver from his fingers and
hot him were discredited, as was
bic statement given out by Henri De
Iu1nm, brother of the wounded man,
hat Mrs. Barnes shot in fit OF
ealous pique brought on by De
fumms efforts to break with her.
The fascinating Mrs. Barnes could
lot be found. Her luxurious apart
hent was locked but she had not sur
rendered possession Of it.
1t was said she had not been there
Vince the shooting. 1t was said var
pusIy that she had fed to London
Ind thai she was confined in a private
hospital in the environs of Paris.
f'riends of Mrs. Barnes who profess
10 know anything of the affair, scout
the idea that she is in sanitarium
end apparently the authorities we're
Inclined to accept the idea that the
woman went to London for no at
attempt was made by the police to
lind her.
No request for her extradition was
made. but a warrant was issued for
|her arrest at the request of Henri De
|Mumm. IT was said that he requested
1.-THE warrant be not served unless Walt
Ter De Mumm died In the event Of
+ his recovery, it was said that Dc
3NIumn's brother wanted the warrant
banging over the head of Mrs. Barnes
las an effectual means of keeping hel
out Of France.
The concierge said that immediate
lv after the injured De Mumm lei
the apartment, strange man arrived
in an automobile and called in fou
physicians who worked over Mrs
|Barnes an hour before she was abi
to be removed. With the aid Of tn
woman's cook, the stranger carrie
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
Are Popping Away.
orozco Gets BaIi.

UNITED Press Leased Wire 5eryfce.l
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 14-In allow
ing bail to Pascual Orogco, Sr., and
General David De La Fiente today.
Judge Maxey of the federal court
held that no power authorizing ar
rest and Imprisonment, is conferred
upon the president under the provis-
ions OF the penal code.
He conceded that the president may
use the army to prevent carrying on
military expeditions, but answering
the question whether the presidents
may arrest without warrant persons
suspected OF organizing such expedh.
tions, says:
IT is manifest that no extraordinary
authority is conferred by the statute. :"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
Botha Resigned.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
CAPE TOWN, Dec. 14.-General
Louis Botha, veteran OF the Boer war.
and, since May 81, 1910, premier of
the Union of South Africa, today re-
signed. It was stated by General
Botha that he retired because of dis
sensions in the cabinet, led by Cen
eral j. B. NJ. Hertzog and the Dutch
extremists. Their attitude, 1t was
said, ON naval and other imperial
questions renewed the old race feud.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
IADE TARGET Of HIM
AND PARIS IS HAPPY.

Mrs. Barnes down to the automobile
and the three disappeared.
Walter De Mumm could not be
found tonight At various hospitals
where report said he was, it was de-
MED that he was a patient. Henri De
Mumm declined to talk, farther than
to say:
I'm a flt Of jealousy the woman shot
Walter with a revolver. breaking his
collar bone. His condition is not
grave. Do not ask me anything
more
Mrs. Mary Van Rensimer Barnes, as
she styled herself, is the daughter OF
Mrs. Edward Van Rensimer, OF New
York, and she said she had been twice
married and divorced. She came to
Paris several months ago and made
many friends in the Franco-American
set She was plentifully supplied
with money and soon established a
reputation as a lavish spender at
Maxims and kindred cafes. Her fault
less gowns were many and costly and
she wore many valuable jewels
Walter De Mumnl, sportsman and
man about town. met the charming
Mrs. Barnes at soiree and his sub.
lection was instantaneous. The
!sprightly divorcee, who is twenty-five
years old, seemed no less attracted to
the wine grower, who is twenty-seven
years old.
/ News of the affair got to the ears
of the De Mumm family, as such news
| will in Paris, and there was coun
Gil. Walter was told by Henri te
break off with the woman He called
4 on her to tell her that they had reach
ed the parting of the ways and in 9
/ Jealous rage she seized toy-like re
/ volver, present from De Mumm, tina
was never far from her hand, ant
fired two shots at the young man
That is the version of the story as tole
4 by Henri De Mumm.
The other story and the one mos
igenerally credited in the cafes and o.
the boulevards where the most sensa
tional of all the scandals that ha
n tickled the Partisan ear in many
lday, is the sole topic of conversation
!, has It that 1t was De Mumm who ha
Il the jealous rage. 1t was said that n
4 flew to Mrs Barnes apartment i
white hot anger and beat and kicke
her numerically because she had re
ceived the attentions of another maj
I'm self defense, fearing for her life
she shot him.
!. Woman Not Injured.
, PARIS, Dec. Is Sunday The p'
lice early this morning declared the
thad ascertpined that Mrs. Marie Va
Rensimer Barnes, or Mrs. Creel, VIII
, shot Walter De Mumm, clubman, an
{ aeronaut, was not wounded by I
] Mumm. They also said that the
r would take no steps to prosecute tn
woman unless the De Mumm famil
chose to lodge complaint, which wa
! considered unlikely.
: It's All Lie!
j. BALTIMORE, Nd. Dec. 14.--"lt
e all a lie. l never married Mary va
/.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
Nashville Now il southern.

limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
i BIRNiING CHAM, Ala, Dec. Ito
day the baseball magnates OF the
southern League met, engaged in
verbal combat and adjourned with
much bitterness Of feeling. Tonight
the baseball magnates of the South.
ern League met, wined, dined and
adjourned and there was much mer-
riment apparent.
i, Between the bitter discussions
which marked todays session the
magnates tentatively agreed to fix
the maximum salaries of the players
for next season at $3.50 month
formally awarded the pennant to Bir
,mingham and admitted Nashville t.
1.-THE league.