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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
ARREST AMERICAN GIRL ON
CHARGE OF BEING FRENCH SPY

Prof. Macvane who is seriously Ill
in Rome has not been teld OF his
daughters supposed plight.
Ambassador PAGE said he would DE-
mand a full investigation OF the affair
from the Italian government.
Miss Dorothy Macyane is the priiaa
donna ol grand opera company tour
ing southern italy and susp'cicn was
direeted al se-,.her siste- sad when
she visited the naval pies md Mill
tary fortifcations at Brindisi Taran-
to, and elsewher' ! etters she re-
ceiyed from her brotsef-inlgw W q.
o French. a naval officer and also
from a 10 mer Russian oi2lomai,a At
tache. added to The governments sus-
! picious.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
TRAPPED BY
FIERCE FLAMES
Three Burned to Death in Fire
Which Destroyed Upper
West Side Apart
ment House.
THREW HER BABY OUT
Panic Stricken Mother Hurled Her In
fant From Third Story
and Then
Jumped.

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NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-Three per-
sons were killed and four injured, one
probably fatally in fire which de-
stroyed an apartment house on the pu-
per west side early today.
A score of other tenants had narrow
escapes. They were trapped by the
flames but were rescued by prompt ac-
tion on the part of the firemen and
police. Mrs. Margaret Manrer threw
her infant son, Joseph, from third
story window. Police and firemen
failed to catch the child and it probab-
ly will die. Then Mrs. Maurer jumped
and was seriously injured.
The dead are:
MRS. MARY M'MANUs, So, burned
to death in her apartments.
THOMAS j. M'MANUS, 80, her son
MISS MARY M'MANUS.
The injured:
Mrs. Margaret Maurer.
| Joseph Maurer, her husband
Joseph Maurer, Jr., infant son.
Michael j. Sullivan, fireman, ribs
fractured by fall from fire escape.
The fire was discovered on the sec
ond floor of the apartment building
/ Within few minutes it had gainet
such headway that flames were rush
ing UP the stairs well to the roof ant
cutting off all escape by the stair
4 way. The Maurer family huddled nea
i window In the front of their apart
ment. The flames came closer an
closer until Mrs. Maurer's night dres
was ignited. Then she tossed he
i baby to the street and jumped.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
SCHMIDT CREATES
SCENE IN COURT
Priest on Trial for Murder to
Which He Confessed,
Denies Being I'm
balanced
LOOKS LIKE WILD MAN
Defense Attempting to Show That He
Is Insane and Has Been
for Many
Years.
LOOKS LIKE WILD MAN

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NEW YORK., Dec. 16.-Leaping to
his feet, his eyes swapping defiance to
the court, the jury md his counsel.
Hans Schmidt sMsd that he was
sane today .,eS ddge olcott, attor-
ney for. s1se began his address
to tb5 .>cN IN the trial of the priest
nj sv'.1 for the killing of Anna
Ah4ueller.
u will show you" said Olcott, that
Schmidt was mentally unbalanced and
legally insane years ago"
Schmidt was sitting as he has sat
throughout the trial, his head bowed
and his eyes looking only upon the
table in front of him. At this remark,
however, he jumped to his feet. THAT
is not true. protest against that" he
shouted. With his tangled beard and
tousled hair, Schmidt presented wild
appearance as he shook his fist at the
attorney who Is endeavoring to save
him from the electric chair. Court at
taches Immediately grasped Schmidt
by the shoulders and forced him back
| into the chair. He mumbled for a
/! time to himself but permitted Olcott
to finish his address uninterrupted.
/ The state rested its case at noon to.
! day. Mrs. Amy Williams who occu
pied the flat in which Anna Aumuellel
was murdered before it was rented te
| Schmidt, being the last witness. She
/ told OF meeting Miss Aumueller there
The young woman gave her name az
.1rs. John Schmidt, she said.
The defense started the introduction
of testimony this afternoon. In his
4 opening address, Judge Olcot1said he
would show that Schmidt developed
traits of insanity in early boyhood. He
believed he was born of his mother
and John the Baptist and, said Judge
Olcott: IF you will recall your hol!
writ, you remember that John the
Baptist was the cousin of Christ
Schmidt believes that his admission Il
the priesthood was directly due to ST
Elizabeth. His mind was in constan
state of turmoil. 1t was marked b.
viciousness and his crimes were oh
noxious to all moral laws. He ha
been guilty of acts showing a strane
er inversion of facts than ever de
veloped in the Jekyll-Hyde stories.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
Weather Conditions

High winds on the lakes attend a
depression. which is pa.sing through
Canada this morning and a depression
in the southwest has bean attended
by rain in the southern mountain re-
gion, with 0.60 In. of rain at Fl Paso,
Texas
A large field of high pres sure lies
between these depressions, w ere the
weather is partly cloudy, and the
change in temperature has heen
slight.
Freezing temp eratures continue in
the northern half of the country, and
the lowest temperatures last ni?ht
were 12 in Miles City, Mont, and IA
at Denver.
Conditions indicate gen orally fair
weather, with little chance in tenn,
perature, for this section tonieht and
"Wednesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
In Favor of Railroad.

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WASHINGTON Dec. 1G. The in
terstate commerce commission today
upheld the Union Pacific railroad In
its failure to establish through routes
and Joint rates from Chicago and
other points to Oregon Short Line
stations via the Northern Pacific ana
via the Atchison Topeka and Santa
Fe and determined that this failure
did not rob the government Of the full
benefit of land grant deductions re
served to it by statute.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
MOUNT MINNIE
HAS COLLAPSED
Eruption on New Heb1ides Is
lands Thought to Have Re
suited in Death of Many
Nations.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
SIDNEY, Australia, Dec. 16.-Many
natives are believed today to have
perished in streams of lava that over
whelmed the Ambrim Island in the
New Hebrides, according to reports
from New Caledonia. The white peo-
pie on the island, few in number, are
said to have escaped by putting to
sea in boats. Six new volcanic era.
ters appeared on Ambrim Island and
then Mount Minnie collapsed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
Miners Special Convention.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
DENVER, Colo, Dec. 16.-To dis
cuss proposal to attempt the recall
Of Governor Ammons, condemn Gen
eral Chase's use of the military in
the coal strike region and discuss the
state wide strike in sympathy with
the striking miners, special conven.
tion of the Colorado Federation of La
Dor met here today. Persons familiar
with the situation do not believe a
state wide strike will be called but II
is freely predicted a special legisla
tive session will be demanded to in
vest.gate the strike. About 400 dele
gates are In attendance. The conven
tion will be in session two days
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
Scaled up the Mine.

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SALT LAKE, Utah, Dec. 16. Until
the bulkheads of the Andy and Minnie
tunnels of the Apex mine are remoy-
ed, the fate of Rafael Lopez, Mexican
slayer of six men. will not be known.
Sheriff Smith today set guards to
watching the bulkheads and nothing
further will be done for several weeks
Then the sheriff will make another
search of the mine
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
DAVIS PLEADED
GUILTY TO CHARGE
Confessed Dynamiter Sticks to His
Story That He Has Brok-
en- the Law.

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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 10
George E. Davis, confessed dynamiter
In federal court today, pleaded guilty
to the charge of conspiring illegally
to transporting dynamite on interstate
railroads.
Harry Jones, secretary-treasurer OF
the iron workers union, implicated in
Davis confession of dynamitings and
indicted for conspiracy, pleaded not
guilty. No date was set for the trial
of either man.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
pioneer Aviator Dead.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
PARIS, Dec. 16.-Leon Bolle, pio-
neer aviator, who made possible the
first fights in France, died here today.
Bollee who was then notable in the
automobile industry, placed his ser
vices at the disposal of the Wrights at
Mans in 1908 and thus enabled the
American inventors to inaugurate
monoplaning in France.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
Arrested on Slander Charge for
Sending Bitter Notes to
Several People.

.onlled Press Leased Wire Service.l
Wii1kEiSBARRE, Pa, Dec. 16.-So-
s'ees woman and social and civic
"orhers are interested in the arrest
y MISS Kate Davis by Mrs. G. ].
"aiiace, of this city. on charge OF
s.aauer and being the author of sew
'ai poison pen'' lettars. Miss Davis
superintendent OF the National
~ = Regulation League, an organ!-
ss'on which censors moving pic
sa'es' She is also wei known In
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
Tobacco VS.. Musk.

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CHICAGO, Dec. 16.- Musk per ums
ia worse than the smer of the two
fer, If the men have to give up tn 91r
smokes, make the women ditch the
annointment." wrote Joseph Willi9m,
son to the election board when he
learned thar judges and clerks will
not be allowed to smoke at the polls
when women vote next spring.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
Member Of Opera Company
Visited Italian Forts and is
Under Suspicion.

.Iunited Press Leased Wire sarsiae.l
ROME, Dec. 16. Miss D rothy
Macvane, an American opera singer
daughter Of Sias Marcus Macvsne, a
professor emeritus Of Harvard, IS un
der surveillance by the Italian author
itlss at Taranto, suspected OF be n
French spy. Miss Edith MacSane,
sister today told Ambassador Thomas
Nelson Page
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
SHADOW OF
BULL MOOSE
Friends of Roosevelt at Repub-
lican National Committee
Meeting Make Them
selves Heard.

United Press Leased Wire Service. |
WASHINGTON, Dec 16-Advo- |
Gates Of states rights we're claiming q
sweeping victory when the republican
national committee formally convened
here today. They insisted that while
the proposed national convention to
reduce the southern states representa-
ton will be called, the committee will
arrange to have its program ratified
! oy the republican voters themselves.
4 The southern committeeman insist
they won by forcing this compromise.
The call for the special convention
will provide for it's acting on the propo-
sition to fix the basis of representa-
tion In the coming national conven-
tions on the percentage OF party
votes cast in the several states. But
this plan must be approved by the
which was cast two-thirds of the en-
tire republican vote polled q year
ago last November
This program involving as 1t did
the referendum, was forced on pro-
gressives by the conservatives. The
national committeeman from the
states south Of the 'line', insisted that
they would SO present their cases to
the people of the northern states that
1t would be impossible to have this
plan approved.
The shadow OF Theodore Roosevelt
hung heavy about the meeting. The
men who fought his battle in Chicago
were on hand to force things, so that
ed to the leadership of his old party
, And they we're having strong opposi
ton. Ormsby McIIard, leader of the
: Roosevelt fight, Senator Cummins, OF
Iowa, Senator Borah, of Idaho. ant
former Governor Hadley Of Missouri
/ were waging the fight for the Roose
/ welt followers and strangly enough
: they were receiving aid from some 0
ri their most bitter enemies Senator
/ Penrose and Root The Roosevelt
d men used strong language. They de
9 manded that the Stolen goods" b
r handed back to the colonel
Early today special committee az
pointed by Chairman Hilles met t
present these two distinct propos
lions to the COMMITTEES:
i "a special convention.
Change Of representation by til
If committee subject to ratification b
state and national conventions.
"I think the committee will vot
against calling a special conventio
i and change the basis OF represents
te ton itself, probably subject to rat
st fication by the states said Senate
1t Borah, a member Of the special con
of mittee. today.
,e Pres enting the law committees r.
er port which denied the committe
)y power TO change the basis Of repr
sentation, but sustained its author't
H. to clll a convention for that purpos
sr- Chairman Charles p. Warren of D
Or troit, sounded the keynote OF the fig'
IS. by saying:
ne THE problem Ia to prevent 90
d, tinued division of the members of tt
re party. Let us administer our ov
he corrective. Let us not permit Il
en- democratic party to use positit
ed gain I'd solely by division in our ranl
de to destroy the good our party HI
en- done the nation"
Warren said he flvored conve
or ton to declare It's convictions 81
Tic establish a new basis Of represent
to ton and prepare to restore a repn
lican congress to a country are
anxiously awaiting it."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
Canal is open.

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PANAMA, Dec. 16.-The Panama
canal was actually open from end to
end today. The dredges have removed
the Cucuracha slide sufficiently to al
low the passage of medium sized
steamers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
Earthquake In Japan.

TOXIC, Dec. 16.-Nothing more
serious thar broken windows and
furniture according to reports today,
resulted from an earthquake last
night that rocked houses here and IN
Yokohama and terrified people over
an extensive area.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
Used Snow Balls.

ST MoRETz, Dec. 16.-snow Falls
took the place of the ovarbial T ce
when Miss Edith Wormser OF New
York and Matthew Goucheaux were
married here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
All the Same Name.

CHICAGO. DC. 16 "A police ser.
eeant threatened to buy r1bfer
stamp when six Turks arrested IN
gambling raid each give the nam o.
John All
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
LvAT|ON ARMY
HOME IS BURNED
Building Set on Fire Out of Re.
venge and Several Lives
Were Lost in the
Blaze.
PANIC BY OCCUPANTS
Manager Of Industrial Home Was
One OF Those Who Were suf-
located to Death by
the smoka.

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CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 16.-Fire
men entered the third and fourth
floors of the Salvation Army Indus
trial Home at o'clock this morning
to lind out whether more than two
men had lost their lives In fire said
to be Of incendiary origin, which de-
stroyed the building. causing a loss of
$4,000.
The fire was the second during the
night. The second blaze was discover
ed by ,Wally Mayer. member OF the
Chicago White Sox ball team, who
turned in the alarm and then rushed
into the blazing building and rescued
eight children at the risk of his own
life. 1t was dawn before the fire
was gotten under control.
1 According to one OF the officers OF
the home there were 1888 men. women
and children in the place when the
the blaze started. While many OF
these are still unaccounted for, it is
believed they sought shelter in near
by homes and will report later.
When the police and tlremen enter.
ed the building shortly after the
alarm and attempted rescues. women
and children ran through the smoke-
i filled halls, panic stricken, screaming
and fighting their rescuers.
Police are holding a man found In
the neighborhood Army officials say
: a former inmate made threats to
get even" because he had been de-
MED admittance to the home that
night
The two dead are:
o. w. SUNDELI., manager of the
home.
THEODORE sCHoDDELI.. an In
mate.
Both were suffocated; Sundell,
while trying to reach the aase for
books and cash kept there.
John Murphy one of the inmates OF
the home, was found by firemen hang
I Ing to the ledge Of the third story. TIe
: had been trapped in the burning
/ building for three hours and had faint
ed several times before he got to the
: window. He said water thrown on
e the fire had revived him.
I
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16

Mean temperature 10Th, 3S.
Lowest temperature, rs.
Highest temperature, 40.
Lowest temperature last nj hit. Sc.
FRED z. GOSEWISCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
Daily River Bulletin.
River Forecast.

The river will fall slowly from
Davenport to Keokuk during the next
forty eight hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
All Rests on carranze.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-The acid
test was being applied today to Cen
eral Vsstuana Carranza. On the out
come probably hangs the question OF
1nal peace for Mexico. Carranza has
In his possession Secretary Bryan's
demands that he intervene to restore
order In Chihuahua City Carranza's
failure to show that Villa is only a
lieutenant who will obey orders, may
end the suggestion that Carranza IS
the one man who can be depended
on to restore peace and order in Mex
leo when Huerta is eliminated
Bryans demands have received un-
expected support from another
source. 1t developed today that the
local constitutionalist junta h1s wire1
to Villa, independent Of Carranza.
villa has been plainly told that his
action in exiling foreigners has In
lured his cause here. Members of the
1unta here say many Of the charges
brought against Villa are without
ieundation: that most of the Span
lards exiled from Chihuahua City have
osen open sympathizers with the
hnerta regime.
The administration was admittedly
worried about the latest development
and Is waiting anxiously for the re
port of the American consul at Oh hua
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
one More Body.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 1e.-one
more body was taken from the ruins
of the Salvation Army IndustrlalI
Home, Freeman avenue, early today.
when f,remen removed portion OF
the smouldering debris of the four
story building destroyed by fire
shortly after midnight The total
known deaths are now three. Other
bodies are believed to be In the ruins,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
Recover Six Bodies.

CINCINNATI. Ohio, Dec. 16.-With
six bodies recovered from the ruins
Of the Salvation Army Industrial
Home, a dozen injured roomers In
hospitals. firemen searching the de-
bris for bodies Of Others believed to
have perished, police today began an
investigation into their theory that
fhe fire Which early today festroyed
the lodging house was cau7ed by an
incendiary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
Another Battle Forecasted.


Ell PASO, Texas, Dec. 16.-That a
serious engagement between Mexican
rebels and federals may soon begin
near Chihuahua was the opinion ex-
pressed here today. General Villa,
after occupying Chihuahua, was COM
PEELED to scatter his forces In order
TO garrison Juarez and Chihuahua and
send a detachment to Ojinaga to at
tack the federals. Realizing this, the
! iederals are rushing formidable
/ force from Torrenon and another
from Monterey. Should they attack
Chihuahua they could easily cut
Villas line OF communication and
compel him to fight desperately to
maintain the advantage he recently
won
No word came from Chihrahua to
Gay regarding Villas attitude towa d;
the American protest against his
seizing property of the Spaniards.
\
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16
Fl FIEBRATED BY
GETTING DRUNK
\ Few More Federal Victories
IL Mexico and Huerta
Will Have Delerium
Tremens.
a
kor FIT TO BE SEEN
Ield Test is Being Applied to Car
rama Upon Whom Hangs
tn. Question Of Final
Peace.
kor FIT TO BE SEEN
rBy a United Press staff correspon.

ii
dent.]
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 16.-Gene.al
|victoriano Huerta did such a thorough
|,ab eel lsbrating the federal victory at
|Tamp.co that he has done very little
|odicial business at the national palace
|since Sunday.
Those who called on Huerta today
|ssid he was still considerably intoxi-
|cated.
When Admiral Becoux, the French
naval commander and Minister Le'
|Faiyre went to the palace yesterday
afternoon accompanied by a staff OF
uniformed attaches General Huerta
could not bs found, though the minis
Ter had accepted formal appoint
ment. The French visitors waited 70,
an hour for the dictator to appear
then left the palace. Later they re
turned and saw Huerta.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-16

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Continued on page 81
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Local Observations.

Mean tsmperature 10Th. 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-21
BACkACHE 4 WARMING
YOU SHOULD HEED
1t Is One Of Natures First Signs
Of Kidney Troubles, II Neg
lected, Serious Diseases
May Follow.

When the kidneys are clogged
up and inactive, nature has way
of warning you.
Backache is one Of the first
Symphonic. You may also be trou-
bled with disagreeable, annoying
bladder disorders; have attacks of
lumbago or rheumatism; become
nervous, tired and feel all worn
out; puffy swellings show under
the eyes or in the feet and ankles;
and many other symptoms are
noticed. II they are neglected,
dropsy, diabetes, or Bright's Dis
ease, which so often prove fatal,
may result.
1t Ia not only dangerous, but
needless for you to suffer and en-
dure the tortures of these trou-
bles. when a little Crozone now
will quickly and surely end all
such misery.
There is no more effective rem
edy known for all such troubles
than Croxone, because 1t reaches
the cause. 1t soaks right into the
kidneys, through the walls ana
Innings; cleans out the cIogged up
pores; nentralizes and dissolves
the poisonous uric acid and waste
matter that lodge in the joints
and muscles and cause those terri
bic rheumatic pains, and makes
the kidneys filter and sift the
poison out Of the blood and drive
1t from the system.
You will find Croxone different
from all other remedies. 1t IL
practically impossible to take It
without results.
An original package costs but
. trifle, and all druggists are au-
thorised to return the purchase
price II Croxone should fail in a
single case. Three doses . day
for q few days Is often all that il
eyer needed to end the worst
beckache, relieve rheumatic pains,
or overcome urinary disorders.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-21
FOUR BISHOPS
ARE ELECTED

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-Rath-
bone Gardner, law delegate from
Rhode Island, put the Episcopal
convention in a flutter Monday
by introducing a resolution de-
handing that the convention dis
cover a more satisfactory method
for the distribution of wealth
which will give greater justice to
the worker. The deputies voted
down a proposition to consider it
at once and referred it to the COM
mittee on social service. Henry
Berluson, New York; w. B. Ca
pers. Columbia, Tenn; Milo Bates,
New York, and F. G. Howden,
Georgetown, D. c., were elected
bishops, Capers being assigned to
Spokane.