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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-07-10

James II. Lansberry of St. Louis,
Mo. who enlisted in the Third Indiana
cavalry from Madison. Ind. recited to
his comrades the details of his cap
ture In the town OF Gettysburg by
Confederates so years ago. Following
the skirmish just outside of town
which marked the opening Of what
was to be a world-famed engagement,
he had been detailed to assist in car
rying a wounded officer to the old
seminary in Gettysburg. While in
town frantic women locked about him
end begged that he tell of the battle.
He remained to tell the story, with the
result that he had to spend several
days in following the Confederate
army as prisoner After tramping
so miles over rough country without
shoes he succeeded in escaping and
finally made his way back to Gettys.
burg, where he remained till August
in assisting in the care Of the wound.
ed, which were housed in the semin-
nary, churches, barns and public build
ings
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-07-10
N atuTaUy.

Naturally.
Did you have fun on that aviation
trip"
oh. We had high old time"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-07-10

In life partnership the husband is
often the silent partner
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-07-10
Distinctive.

How will | know the auto speed
er's house when | come to it,
1T has a running vine; all the
other houses have creepers."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-07-10

When the house Of representatives,
recently undertook TO name commit.
tee Of its members to represent it ar
the reunion of the blue and gray al
Gettysburg II was found that nc.
veteran Of the Civil war sat on the RI.
publican side of that body The only
Union veterans in the house, three in
number. are all Democrats. ard sly
veterans of the Confederate army also
sit on that side, In the senate. how
ever, there are six Confederate veter.
ans on the Democratic side and six
Union veterans on the Republican side
AS indicating the passage Of time it
today in congress more veterans Of
the Spanish-American war thaa Of the
Civil war, Nineteen members Of tn
senate a'e veterans of the war with
Spain. one member Of the house. who
has not seen war service at all. served
five years in the signal corps OF tn
army as private. and Delegate
Quezon Of the Philippines was star
officer under Aguinaldo during the
Philippine rebellion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-07-10

The camp is full of unexpected
meetings. Every day brings forth nu.
merous meetings between men who
have not seen one another for many
years. Many are commonplace, but
some are extraordinary For in
stance, here IS one:
|. d. Munsee of Erie county Penn
sylyania, 4 soldier in the nth Penn
sylvania, was captured by the con
federates at Peachtree Creek. Ga,
when he was one of Shermans army
on the celebrated march to the sea
He was being conveyed 70 the rear
by a confederate soldier when the
union batteries opened fire upon the
party among whom he was a pris-
oner. The man who was guarding
Munsee was hit and fell knocking
Munsee down ard lying on top Of
him
Seeing his chance OF escape Nun
see lay very still under the uncon-
scious confederate while the battle
ragged around them That night he
slipped from under the body and es-
tdteO 10 the union lines.
Il thought that fellow was dead.
said Munsee. but | saw him today.
Poor fellow. his minds bad, and he
didn't recognize me, but was sure of
him. | couldn't even get his name. but
m goin over later to the Georgia
camp and try to find out who he is"
One of the most interesting places
in camp was the lost and found bu,
reau, located under the benches In the
big tent Everything found on the
grounds was brought there and thou
sands applied every day for missing
articles
There were at least 100 crutches
piled up in the bureau. dozen or so ap-
plicants having called for them Those
who come to redeem their lost
clutches seldom can recognize them
and most of them go away with some
body elses
There was one wooden leg also ~
ing unclaimed 1t was brought in by
a Roy Scout who had found 1t under
d tree.
Several sets OF false teeth were
found
A grandson of Francis Scott Key.
composer of The Star-Spangled Ban
ner," is here He is John Francis Key.
aged eightytwo. of Pikeville. Md. and
he is veteran of the Second Mary
land infantry of the confederate army
Wearing a suit of gray, Key came
into town, weak and almost dropping
He has been in failing health. but de-
clared he was going TO see Gettys-
burg on this occasion or die"
One OF the oldest veterans in the
big camp is Captain w H. Fleig of
Houston, Texas. who was ninety years
of age on his last birthday, February
% During the war he served with
distinction in the marine department
of the confederate navy. Captain
Fleig is one of the best preserved
men in camp and is more active than
many Of the other veterans a score of
years less advanced
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-07-10

One bearded veteran OF an Illi7o's
regiment told of an incident tina, hap
pened 80 years ago
AS we rode through Gettysburg
that last time" he said, Il remember
a little girl stopped my horse and said
she wanted to give me a bouquet
got down and she pinned a ribbon-a
little purple ribbon to my coat Wear
that in the next battle you 60 into.
she said
We're not going to have any r~ore
battles around here, told her
Yes, you are, she insisted Those
hills back there are full Of rebels
" I wore that purple ribbon through
the battle. never saw the girl after
ward, but I've kept that ribbon. and
It's back at home in Illinois today
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-07-10

My heart beats faster tonight. said
Gen. Daniel f. Sickles. The throug.
ing hordes who have motored and
walked and trolleyed to my camp to
day have swept their hats off and hail
ed it as "Sickles Day"
And so | have always regarded
July 2
1t was on this day half century
ago that God gave me strength to
serve my country and my maker bet
ter than ever had been able to serve
them before.
1t was upon this day in '63 that
lost my leg and did my little part by
the mercy OF God to preserve the
Union.
July 2, 1868. broke hot and clear
Just as in the early hours today uiu,
ten sun poured out OF a sky but a
trifle overloaded had retired
shortly after midnight the previous
evening and slept the quiet, dreamless
sleep that Is generally attribute &c
babes
Last night l enjoyed just the same
kind OF sleep. But that is to be ex
pected of young fellow who at nine.
ty-three is still able to read without
his glasses. Ell?
Many men who came today &c
shake my hand told me they were toe
busy to do so so years ago-that their
whole hearts and minds were
wrapped up in the conflict to come
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-07-10

A striking contrast is seen in the
menu provided for the soldiers fifty
years ago and what they enjoved this
year:
breakfast Hardtack. bacon,
beans and coffee.
Dinner-Bacon, beans, bareback and
coffee.
Supper-Beans. bareback. bacon
and coffee
1918 Breakfast Pulled rice fried
eggs, fried bacon. cream potatoes.
fresh bread. hard bread butter and
coffee
Dinner - Fricassee chicken. peas.
corn, ice cream. cake, cigars. fresh
bread, hard bread butter. coffee. iced
tea
Supper - Salmon salad. macaroui
and cheese. fresh bread. butter and
coffee
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-07-10

A henpecked husband is the silent
partner of his wife's woes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-07-10

MILK DIET the worlds famous treatment
MILK DIET tor bauishing chronic stomach
ailments rheumatism. liver and kidney trou-
bles, makes thin folks Fat and reduces super
duous weight You must KNOW how to
take it Write for great two-part course
Robert Wallace, Amber ST, Pitt sburgh Pa
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-07
TEN MIL LIONS TO BE
SPENT TO HONOR CAR

ed. He was seventy years old last
December. Maxim Gorky, a writer,
was prosecuted for all ged seditious
writings and was last said to be In
France.
Those who saw the little Czarevitch
Alexis, about whom there has been so
much gossip throughout Europe, said
that he had to be carried into the
Kasean cathedral for the requiem and
that he stood erect during that part OF
the service where others knelt. This
gave rise to the statement that the
czarevitch was unable to bend his
knee.
Hospitals and schools are to be
established throughout the empire in
Of the tercentenary
that will cost more than s10,000,000
Tonight there will be grand ban
onet at the winter palace at which the
lczar and czarenia and dowager EN-
nress will he waited on by the higi
Ioficials of the imperial household
The tercentenary viii end officially to
morrow, but many fetes and public en-
ltertainments in connection with it vii
take place sunday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-07
BRYAN Ryx:lS
cUBl! PRESIDENT
New s, cary OF state Sent Note
Winch Ineensed Gomez and
He Signed Amnesty
Bill.
IT OPENS THE PRISONS
All Political Prisoners Released and
Can Start Now Stirring up
All Kinds Of
Trouble.

United Press Leased Wire Seryice.l
HAVANA, March President Go
mez this afternoon signed the gener-
al amnesty bill, freeing all political
offenders, and agitatcTs, despite the
note from the United States advising
against 1t.
The note from the state department
at Washington was delivered yester-
day by Minister Beaupre. The con-
tents of the note were not made pub
lie either by the president or Minis
ter Beaupre, but it became known that
I II was couched In rather sharp terms
and strongly intimated that the Unit
ed States would resent a general am
nesty in Cuba, because 1t would sci
at liberty some of the most notorious
agitators on the island.
The new secretary Of state OF the
/ United States recently visited Cuba.
President Gomez said today thai
he at first intended to let the bill be
come law without his signature, be
cause its provisions applied to hi
son, but the note from Secretar,
4 Bryan, he said. incensed him. Ht
4 determined then to sign the bill, 4,
said, as notice to the United State
that Cuba desired no interference
from the Wilson administration.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-07
POLICE DID NOTHING
TO PROTECT WOMEN

lief today that there was "an under.
standing among the individual mem.
bers of the force that they would be
protected by the higher authorities of
the police department.
Senator Jones, chairman of the in
vestigating committee, said he was
convinced that the congressional res
olution providing for police protection
to paraders, had been disobeyed in a
fragrant manner"
Several suffragettes who did not
care to testify before the committee
today fled affidayits charging the po-
lice with wilful neglect of duty,
Miss Elizabeth Kent, daughter of the
congressman from California, was
among these, In her statement, Miss
Kent asserted,
AT one point in the narade the
only clear space was between the car
tracks in the middle of the street.
Here three men in Succession caught
hold Of and pulled my riding habit.
! Although a policeman Was not more
than three feet away he did nothing,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-07
Madero in Washington.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
I WASHINGTON March 7Alfonso
Madero, brother of the slain Mexi-
can president, is in Washington on a
secret mission. Slipping into the
city yesterday, he remained secreted
in his hotel room, refusing all call
ers. Through half opened door he
told newspapermen that he did not in
tend to confer with Secretary of State
Bryan, but refused to state the object
of his visit here. or to discuss Mexi-
can affairs. He will meet his father
and uncle in New York tomorrow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-07
Romanoff Tercentenary Con-
tinues and Exiles Will be
Granted Pardon.

United Press Leased Wire Service. j
st PETERSBURG, March z. The
homanoff tercentenary celebration
continued today with review by the
/ var Of the imperial guards.
u was unofficially stated that two
H., !, ,he most famous political exiles
ilheiy to come under the cars ter
cehtenary amnesty are Prince Korop-
a'kln and Maxim GorlSy All exiles
spardoned will be under police super
vision for two years after they return
#So Russia. Prince Koropatkin once
vas member of the cars corps Of
pages and held high official positions
ssror connection with the movement
lor russian freedom, he was arrested
ana imprisoned, but escaped to Eng
iand IN 1874, where he since has liv,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-07
BLOWN INTO FRAGMENTS
BY DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.
that the League Island navy yard had
been wrecked by an explosion.
pieces Of bodies Found.


BALTIMORE, Md. March MANY
men. mostly negroes, the number be-
ing impossible to estimate because OF
the nature of the accident, were kill
ed, the British steamer Alum Chine,
tug Atlantic and a score of other craft
were completely destroyed and the
new United States collier Jason, larg-
est of her class, was badly damaged.
as the result of an explosion of dyna-
amite off Wagner's Point today,
This afternoon officials who were
on the scene estimated that nearly all
of the crew OF the Alum Chine had
been killed. four men were known TO
have been killed on the Jason and
crew Of negro stevedores on the barge
we're missing. These numbered thir-
| ty. Some we're rescued by passing
vessels and tugs that raced to the
rescue. Others bere blown to pieces
and only parts of their dismembereu
bodies have been recovered. Thir-
| teen bodies had been taken to the
morgue up to two o'clock this after
noon. Others were reported on tugs.
Fifty persons more or less seriously
hurt were brought to Browns wharf
and Wagners Point and hurried to
4 hospitals.
4. The dynamite was being loaded for
shipment to the Panama canal work.
q There were ten carloads on the scow
i being transferred from the scow to
Il tba linn Chine A foreman of Steye-
Z dores tried to raise box Of the ex-
plosive with his bale hook. II ex-
ploded, tearing him to pieces and
! shaking the steamer and scow. Nv
! erybody on board started to run but 2
second explosion followed detonating
: most of the dynamite.
t The force of the explosion tore thf
.I1steamer, tug and barge nearly &
$ pieces and the debris raked the deck
elof the collier which was lying at an
efchor nearby
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-07
Can't Get Henry.

fJJnited Press Leased Wire Service,l
NEW YORK, March when Unit
ed States Commissioners Shields today
ordered the removal to Washington
for trial of Banker George G. Henry,
indicted there for contempt OF con-
gress in refusing to answer questions
at the Pujo money trust probe, his
counsel, former United States Senator
John G. Spooner and John j. Lindsay
Immediately took an appeal. They Sc
cured a writ of habeas corpus from
Judge Mayer. The writ was made re-
turnable March 20 and Henry was
freed in custody OF his attorneys.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-07
Barge Load of the Stuff Des-
tined for Panama Canal
Sent Seventy five Men
to Death.
AN ENORMOUS CRASH
Thirty nine Bodies Recovered
Shortly After Accident and
Many May Never be
Found.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service |
BALTIMORE, Md, March "a
barge loaded with dynamite destined
for the Panama canal exploded In
Curtis Bay today, blowing up tho
British steamer Alum Chine, captain
Anstey, and the tug Atlantic. Seven
ty-five men are reported dead or
missing. Thirty-nine bodies had been
recovered at 1850 o'clock.
Tugs, hurriedly rushed from this
city are reported to have picked up
35 men, negro laborers all more or
less hurt. The captains and crews
of both steamer and tug are reported
among the missing.
The dynamite was being loaded Oh
the steamer and its hold was nearly
filled with the high explosive. The
! shock OF the explosion WAS SO great
/ that Baltimore thought 1t had been
| shaken by an earthquake. Great
/ lights of glass we're broken in the
I business section and some of the sky
scrapers were SO badly shaken that
! the inmates were pan-c.stricken,
i Goods were thrown from store shelves
i and windows broken in Havre DC
4 Grace, is miles from the scene Of thu
i explosion The state house ut Ann
I. apolis was rocked SO violently thai
ii Governor Goldsborough believed Y
was about to fall in and fed to the
4 corridor outside of his office. At the
eta
/ was shattered. Mrs. Richardson, wife
of the doctor in charge was badly cut
i by the flying glass.
i AT the Maryland Steel Co. across
4 the river, the workers believed there
j had been an explosion and fed from
their machines to the street In terror
i The United States collier Jason
J lying in mid-stream was SO badly
shaken that her cargo shifted and
j. she was in danger Of capsizing.
Four men on the Jason were report
! ed killed by the concussion and 1T ls
reported that twenty others are hurt
The Jason was new craft and was
| about to start on its trial trip. Be
cause of the nature Of the explosion
| it is doubtful whether the exact mum
Der of dead will ever be known. lr
many cases it is believed the deat
were blown to fragments.
L The cause of the explosion is un
! known.
: Was Felt for Miles.
PHILADELPHIA, March 7.--Tht
dynamite explosion in Baltimore bar
sbor shortly before noon today wa
sifelt distinctly in Philadelphia AM
S vicinity. The shock was most severe
/ at the League Island navy yard
8 where officials Immediately telephon
! ed to the local weather bureau t.
: know if there had been an earth
t quake.
I The disturbance was SO severe al
t along the Delaware river that RESI-
0 dents of many small towns believe
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-07
lnsuuuration Cost.

WASHINGTON March Tit cost
about $4,000 to make Woodrow Will
son president. The citizens inaugur-
al committee spent close to s4S.000
and the congressional committee
nearly s25,o0o-all on incidentals Be
cause there was no inaugural BAN,
subscribers to the citizens fund will
lose about twenty percent Of their
contributions. Heretofore the ball has
made enough money to cover all the
subscription funds and in some cases
even to pile up surplus.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-07
Was Secretly Married.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
CHICAGO. March 7.--Following the
dea.ll of Gertrude Garfield, who play.
ed the title role in Henry w. Saw
ages production of 'Everywoman," it
was learned today that the actress
had been secretly married three
months ago to Forest Rutherford, a
Denver business man. Miss Canfield
was taken ill Will. pneumonia week
ago while playing in Chicago. She
died at her mothers home in River
Forest last night.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-07
Men Higher Up Are Sought in
Probe of the Disgrace of
Last Monday.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON March AFTER
the men higher up" whom witnesses
have charged were responsible for
policemens' inactivity in protecting
suffrage marchers in the big pageant
last Monday, the senate investigating
committee today summoned Major
Richard Sylvester, chief of the Wash
ington police force, to testify tomor.
row
Senator Poindexter of Washington,
who was an eye witness to scenes OF
disorder and heard rowdies insult
women paraders without any action by
certain patrolmen. declared his lie
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-07
Canadian Deadlock.

iIUnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
OTTAWA, Ont. March .-Before
the government can carry out It's con-
templated plan of bringing in clos
ure bill next Monday, as prelimin-
airy to overcoming the deadlock on the
naval issue, which is still on in the
house of commons, 1t will have to
take up the serious charge from the
liberals. involving the honor and also
the seat of one of the cabinet minis
tiers, following the Hochelaga election.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-07
Tapla Surrenders.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
MEXICO CITY, March 7,Rafaei
Tapia, one of the most powerful OF
the Maderistas, with $50 of his men.
surrendered to the federais at Guada-
lupe Hidalgo. swearing allegiance to
Huerta, according to a statement to,
day from the national palace. Dis
quieting reports OF the activities OF
the rebels in Coahulla and Sonora,
continued to come in.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-07
) HOT SPRINGS
) HAS HOT BLAZE
Fire Destroyed Half Million DOL
. lors Worth Of Property
} So Far.

b United Press Leased Wire Serv- Z
D ice.] 4
= HOT SPRINGS. Ark, March Z.
. Fire in which it is believed 4
D several lives are lost, is raging
. in the business section of this 4
= city. The loss already has 4
y reached half a million dollars. 1t 4
. is believed the blaze is under
= control but reports of loss of life
. are very indefinite. The fire
. was started by a gas explosion
. in a small store on Central av- 4
. enue, the principal business
= street The fire now is opposite 4
= the government reservation and 4
= the famous Arlington hotel, but 4
4 up to this time the government
= property Is safe
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-07
||RYAN'S ADVICE WILL
| Be WILSON'S GUIDE

rage may be found ready to vote in
the affirmative
Senator Poindexter anticipated a
full hearing of the issue before the
senate committee, which will include
members from number OF the suff.
rage states. This will be the first
time that the upper house has really
given serious attention to the wo
mems demand for share OF power in
the government.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-07
Secretary Of Labor.

WASHINGTON. March Score
tary of Labor w B. Wilson, head of
the newly created department, today
found himself in tie unique position
OF occupying highly important post,
without any office, employees, or sal
ary.
When congress created the depart
ment of labor it forgot the highly
important task of appropriating any
funds to run it, and Wilson, after he
was sworn in. discovered that he had
no place to hang up his shingle and
start business
The secretary at present IS occupy
ing temporary quarters in the deparr-
ment of commerce Offices. He has
little room with desk and few
chairs in it, and on the door, a steno-
grapher loaned" from another de-
partment, has pasted a neat slip OF
white paper on which is written in
ink: Department of Labor"
The present arrangement will have
to stand until April when a special
session opens and congress will un-
doubtedly appropriate funds to oper-
ate the new department and pay Will
sons salary for March.
Wilson isn't the only cabinet off
Ger who has had to begin his duties
with only his title to sustain him.
When George B. Cortelyou was made
first secretary of the department. of
commerce and labor, President Roose-
welt had to give him desk room In
the white house and loan him Office
assistants. Several months later con
gress appropriated back salary for
Cortelyou and his Office staff.
| Today's First Visitors.
/ WASHINGTON. March 7.-Presi.
dent Wilson's first visitor today were
Senators Culberson of Texas, and Till
man.of South Carolina, who said they
came to pay their personal respects
Representative Fitzgerald Of New
York, chairman Of the appropriations
committee, came next to confer on
i the legislative program OF the extra
4 session.
4 Another cabinet meeting, the sec
j ond of the Wilson administration, was
! called for IL o'clock when it was ex
i pected that further decision as te
appointment OF assistant secretaries
would be reached
4 President Wilson had an engage
4 ment to receive Charles F. Murphy o
Tammany hall, and party of dozer
4. New York democratic politicians this
afternoon. The president has adopt
ed the policy of receiving delegations
, in a semipublic manner in the cas-
room OF the white house. 1t wal
! noted that the call from Murphy wa'
scheduled for the east room, instead
of the presidents private Office Pres
ident Wilson had no. met Murph.
since last September, when at th'
New York state fair at Syracuse, h,
4 left a lunch table Just as a photogra
! pher was about to snap him as h
stood with Murphy and several 9th
]. iers.