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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-11
TURN sCUTARI
OVER TO POWERS
th - ] Which is TO be Handed
e to the Admlrals
Today.
DAN1Lo HAS THE KEY
Crown Prince Remains Behind to do
the Honors While King Nicholas
Departs With the
Army.

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VIENNA, May 1O.-The admirals !,
OF the international fleet that block
AIDED Antivari and the MontenegrinI
coast tomorrow will take formal pos
session Of Scutari in the name of the
great powers OF Europe, and resoly.
ing themselves into commission.
will govern the city until such time
as the powers arrange for Its perma-
nent disposition 1t will ultimately
become the capital of autonomous Al
bania, if present plans are unchanged,
Reluctantly, the last of the Monte
negrin soldiers, with their siege guns
and numbering wagons, left the cap,
tured city yesterday and tonight Sou
tari was quiet. The fire which broke
out while the troops We're marching
out, was Iut out after only few
houses in the Turkish quarter of the
town were burned. King Nicholas has
preceded the soldiers to Cettinje and
Crown Prince Danilo remained be-
hind to turn over the city to the adj
miraIs, who represent England.
France. Austria-Hungary. italy and
Germany. Russia did not send war
snip to join the blockade but acquies.
ICED in the action Of the other powers.
Apparently peace now is almost es-
ltablished in the Balkans unless Bul-
garia and Greece fight over Salonika,
and the uowers probably would inter
yene II the two allle come to blows,
Beth have their armies entrenched
/ and a few slight ,rushes lave been
reported, but it is believed that sneir
differences will be arbitrated, The
Greeks. with the late King George al
their head, captured Salonika, but the
4 Bulgarians claim the city because
they say, it rightfully belongs to that
part of European Turkey which VIII
fall to their lot when the country is
apportioned among the allies.
/ Within a few days the Information,
1 al commission appointed to handle
the Turkish public debt will meet IN
i Paris. All of the allies and Turkey
I have named commissioners to meet
with representatives of the great
powers. The body will discuss the
cash indemnity demanded by the Bal
kan state and also decide on the
proportion of the Turkish debt to be
assumed by the yictors.
j Turkey and all OF the allies have
! been instructed by the powers t
name delegates for the renewal o
peace negotiations in London and i
lis expected that the ambassadors
I when they meet Monday in London
will set a date for the meeting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-11
BLAZING TORCH
IS USED AGAIN.
unoccupied House is Fired by the
suffrasettes and 5000 Worth
or Property is
Destroyed.
BOMBS ALSO NUMERc
It Begins to Look as Though Women
Must be Given the Ballot or
London VIII be
Wrecked.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
LONDON. May 1o.-An unoccupied
house at Beckenham-in-K Kent was de.
stroyed by fire tonight, and the suff.
ragettes were blamed for the outrage.
infiammables found by those who dis
covered the blaze Indicated that It
was of incendiary origin, and suffra
gette propaganda scattered about
brought suspicion on the militants.
The fire apparently was started in
several places simultaneously ana
the loss was estimated at $4,000.
Scotland Yard detectives and the
city firemen now are distracted be.
tween bombs that palpably are
hoaxes and internal machines that
are real. 1t was declared tonight that
| the powder canister found In the
liverpool railway station was only q
hoax, as was the bomb found in the
| Cardiff public library today On the
other hand, the bomb at Cambridge
exploded, and the Reading contriv
ance was no joke, as experts of the
home office declared 1t would have
exploded.
| The most serious OF the days al
| legged suffragette outrages in retalia
/ tion for the defeat of the woman suff
rage bill in the house of commons
was the destruction Of Farington hall
I a large and valuable mansion nea
Dundee 1t was almost entirely cor
! summed The fire which broke on
simultaneously In half dozen places
4 had gained such headway by the tim
it was discovered that firemen coul'
do nothing to save the structure. Sufl
ragette literature was found abou
j the place The loss was estimated a
$4,000.
i The list Of suffTagette bombs tha
! did not explode was increased b.
i two during the day One Of then
i the most formidable. was liscovere
In the postoffice at Reading. It wa
4 discovered by mail sorters. who wer
4 attracted by ticking. investigation
Z, revealed a business-like clock and bal
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-11
CAME TOO LATE
TO PREVENT TRAGEDY

wounded Mrs Wallington and then
committed suicide in Missoula, the
police learned that on the morning
Of the murders, Mrs. Arthur Living
stone. the murderer's sister, received
word that he was about to commit
the crime The letter was maiied on
a train in North Dakota.
Stankey first learned of the mar
riage of his sweetheart, Linda Gott,
to Wellington when he came to visit
his sister. He bought revolver. and
started for Missoula. On the train hes
wrote a letter telling his sister what
he contemplated. :
On receipt of the letter. she wire,y
the Missoula police but her warnin
arrived too late.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-11
FINAL WORD OF
PRESIDENT WILSON
Secretary Of State Bryan Prepares
the Administrator ultlmatum
in the California
Case.
WHAT JAPAN WISHES
Ambassador chinda Turns In His
Written Protest and Governor
johnson viii be
Notified.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
lBy John Edwin Nevin, staff cores
pondent Of the United Press.]
WASHINGTON, May 10-President
Wilson's final word to California was
prepared by Secretary of State Bryan
tonight. It will be in the hands Of
Governor Johnson not later than
Monday afternoon--it may be posstb-
ly be sent to him late tonight.
1t is understood that it reiterates
the administration position that the
Webb bill is a violation of the exist
ing treaty with Japan ard that be-
cause of this fact 1t is unconstitution-
al. 1t also gives to the Californiafs
executive a summary of Japan's for
NAL protest against the legislation as
served on this government.
The secretary of state and Presi-
dent Wilson conferred for more than
an hour this afternoon. The written
protest of Ambassador Chinda, N
which he specifically pointed out in
/ lust what manner Japan considers
the Webb bill, now in the hands OF
Governor Johnson, violates the treaty
was explained. Bryan also told the
! president that he believed the time
i had arrived when the administration
should emphatically assert to Cover
/ nor johnson just why It believes tht
Webb bill should not become a Law,
tThe president agreed with his pre-
i infer ana at once authorized him t
prepare the message to the Californl'
] executive.
] There is a perfect working under
standing between the state depart
ment and Ambassador Chinda. Whel
the latter presented his formal Pre-
i test to Secretary Bryan yesterday
was briefly discussed. Then an en-
gagement was made for today Whel
the issues were debated at length
i The ambassador carefully explaine'
Il to the secretary that his government
had done its best to prevent ant
u American demonstrations in japan
There had been much bitter feeli1
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-11
HE WAS MAYOR
OF HINATOWN
Chuck Connors Died After a
Long Reign Among Chinks
of Chatham Square.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Seryice.l
NEW YORK, May 10.-Peace reign
ed in Chinatown tonight and tong
wars were forgotten for the moment.
On Leongs and Hip Sings. their hered-
itary antipathies blotted out by a
common grief, talked together in sub
dued whispers in the sombre shadows
of Mott. Deyers and Pell streets.
"'Chuck', Connors is dead
"Chuck" Connors, Chinatown's own,
who styled himself ''the mayor OF
that tangled spider-web of crooked
streets and dark deeds, just off Chat
ham Square, died today in the Hudson
street hospital. Heart failure was the
Immediate cause, and it was brought
on by too many years of good fellow
ship in Flynn's saloon, the city hali'
of .Chuck's" municipality.
So little did Connors take his Bow
ery friends into his confidence that
when he died today his real name
and age were not certainly known
The hospital entry recorded Charles
Connors, aged 81 years" while those
who knew him best thought his name
was George and his age 56.
Arbiter Of Oriental disputes, dane
ing master, actor and professional
East-sider, Connors for more than a
decade was the most famous charac
ter of that downtown section of Chat
ham Square. And and Broadway
.sThe mayor went on the stage foi
season and he never quit acting
when he left the boards, he began C
pose as the Bowery ype and /
proved to be the most lucrative stun
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-11
MOTHERS DAY;
WHAT TT MEANS
Founder Of the Day Tells Of the
Purpose Of This
Sunday.
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issc.

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= PHILADELPHIA, May l0--.To =
. make men and women realize =
= their individual responsibility to =
= right the wrongs OF motherhood =
= and childhood, not only In the =
= home, but in the industrial =
= world, and in the name of moth =
. er to inspire men to carry for =
. ward the work for the home =
= which would deepen their bro =
. therhood toward each other. =
=. This is the purpose Of Mothers .
. Day. as defined by Miss Anna =
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. here this evening.
. Six years ago Miss Jarvis con- Z
q ceived the idea Of setting 4
= aside on Sunday OF each =
y year to honor the best wo- =
. man on earth-your mother" Z
y and an association was formed Z
. to arouse interest in the move 4
G ment. The second Sunday in I
q May was decided on and today 4
q interest has become SO wide 4
= spread that governors OF most 4
q of the states and mayors of many 4
= cities issue special proclama- 4
& tions for the days observance. 4
~ The custom of wearing white 4
y carnation will be observed to- 4
10 morrow.
+
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WAS FRAnE-()P AGAINST
THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

Without hesitancy sne admitted
that she made the accusing affidavit
at the solicitation OF Samuel Davis,
member OF the Springfield liquor firm.
She made it. she said, with the under
standing that it was never to be
made public. Davis. who had been
subpoenaed when the O'Hara COM
mittee began probing vice conditions
in Springfield, wanted the affidavit.
the woman testified. to use as club
on OHara SO that he might not be
compelled to testify.
The woman testified that O'HRra
spent the night at the hotel. O,Hara
said that he left the party In the
Lambs cafe and went to the Press club
where he met Frank j. Jacobson. an
advertising solicitor, and that after
they had talked over business mat
tiers concerning the magazine O'Hara
publishes, he went to his home.
Jacobson corroborated this state
ment. He remembered the incident,
he said, because he had made an APP
lpcintment to meet O,Hara at 8 o'clock
hut O'Hara was late in arriving. He
testified that he rode home with
O'Hara after midnight on an elevated
train.
Harry e. Gibbons, court bailin, who
was one of the party that took din
ner at the Hotel Sherman, and after
ward went to the Lambs cafe, testi-
fed that O'Hara came to him after
the dinner and said:
Il want to get away from these peo-
PIE. When start don't ask me to
stay
The lieutenant governor, according
to Gibbons, then asked the waiter to
bring him his hat, bade the party
good night and left.
Brother Was Awake.
i OsHara's brother. Frank, testified
4 that he was sitting up reading on the
following night when the lieutenant
governor came home. OfHara's move
ments were traced during all that day
land the next.
There was litter of amusement at
one statement by the lieutenant gov
lernor that brought the names Of senal
tor ]. Hamilton Lewis and John
Burke, former governor of North Da-
: kota, and now treasurer of the Unit
led States, into the record.
O'Hara met Senator Lewis and ex.
Governor Burke on Saturday, the
eighteenth, he said. Lewis suggested
: that they go over to the Southern
: club, but OHara and Governor Burke
baked because they we're without
I dress suits.
We'll, you can represent the de-
mocracy,' rejoined Senator Lewis, OF
lsartorial fame. "and shall represent
the aristocracy."
Senator Samuel A. Ettleston, chair
: man Of the committee investigating
!. the charges against the lieutenant
) governor. said tonight that the com.
mittee expects to complete its work
) next week and make q report to the
: Legislature. This announcement was
: hailed by friends of O,Hars,s as mean
ing that the committee is already sat
: isfied there Is no truth in the charges
and that the lieutenant governor will
be exonerated.
1t is possible that the Robinson
a woman will be recalled Monday wher
+ the committee resumes it's sessions
q and questioned more specifically. Ths
e senators will meet tomorrow to out
J. line their Monday program
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-11
CHEAP LABOR
BRING ITS DTLUGE
How the Japs Got Their Start
and Are Now a Menace to
the Community.

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SACRAMENTO, Cal. May TO-
Cheap labor always brings its deluge,
its bitter harvest"
In these words Assemblyman j. w.
Stuckenbruck, a farmer-legislator
from the San Joquin valley, in an In
terview here tonight with the United
Press, touched the heart of the Japa-
nese situation in California, which has
caused the passage of an anti-alien
land bill by the legislature that has
stirred the world.
"The California farmer" Stucken-
bruck says. is paying for what he
now comedies were his own eco
nomic errors of the past decade in
coddling Asiatic labor at the expense
of white to.lers, who have gradually
been driven off the ranches in whole
districts of the state"
Thus, he says. japanese labor, once
cheap. has become indispensable and
therefore expensive and the shrewd
brown man today, alone in the ranch
labor field, holds up the grower at
will.
years ago. asid struckenbruck
Il warned my neighbors of this
thing. / told them exactly what mus'
happen, as inevitable fate. But they
were blind and deaf. They said after
us the deluge,' never dreaming thai
1t would come upon them so quickly
Once there were plenty OF white
laborers seeking jobs but they were
Disseminated against in favor of the
Japanese until now they know IT s
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-11
Wealthy Greek Was SO Jealous
He Used Razor Upon Her
in Revenge.

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{, Los AlNGEIlBs, Calf, May TO-
lhe African tribe whose men cut off
,Aelr wives noses to prevent marital
:, niiioeiity, has nothing on Angel
nours' wealthy Greek. OF Venice,
Sailtornia, II the story OF his II year
~ bride. Matilda, is true. She
aserred that Angel shaved her head
.o prevent her beauty drawing mods
ana smiles from ardent SWANS A
variant is out for Angel.
according to her declaration to
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-11
hYdropIane for Family.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
LONG BEACH, Cal. May 1o.--Tak-
Ing his wife and three year old daugh-
ter, Hazel, as passengers, Frank
Champion, Long Beach aviator. made
a 90 minute fight here today In a
Martin type hydroplane, starting ont
through the surf near the harbor ent-
rance and gliding ashore on the crest
of breaker in front of the bath
house. A thousand persons watched
the daring exhibition Mrs. Champion
and the baby had never before flown
In an aeroplane.
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Roosevelt Got into II.


Young declared that Colonel Roose-
yelt himself had accused the Michigan
supreme court of "s~sndling and
cheating in dismissing McDonaid's u
mandamus suit
But two of these judges were re-
elected by overwhelming majorities,' !
said Young. "Oh my republican
friends, rest your souls in peace;
Roosevelt carried Michigan by 6S,O00;
these judges, denounced by him, by
$4,000.
Progressive Leader Murdoch replied
briefly, but with his usual partisan
sting" subdued, to Young. scored
the board of canvassers ics ajectine
the Mcdonald votes, but allowing q
number OF votes for candidate whose
name had also been mispelled by the
ballots.
McDonald's home is at Calumet
Michigan. His claim to Young's sea-
will be decided in June by the house
election committee.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-11
Warning Was Sent to Police
But the Message Did Not
Arrive in Time.

[United Press Leaaed Wire service.1
MONDoyI, Wis, May 1o.-The
story of telegram that arrived too
late to prevent what may be triple
murder and suicide. WAS unraveled
tonight by the police Investigating
at the request Of the Missoula. Mon,
tana, police the antecedents of Her
man ]. Stankey. who shot and killed
II. A. Wallington; Hazel Cook, fatally
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-11

A LAFAYETTE Ind, May 10.-Hust'
ed, of Illinois, set new conference
record OF % feet, 1s inches. in the
broad jump this afternoon and Hi,
nois won an easy track and field VIC
tory over Purdue. The score was s6
to 81
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resignation to Speaker Clark and the
governor Of Michigan.
In his statement Young scored the
progressives for their storm Of yitu-
reration. He said he had accepted
his election certificate on the advice
of Republican Leader Mann, to await
what time and investigation would
Develop
Il am now convinced that 1t was the
intention Of those 45S voters to vote
for the progressive candidate. said
Young. He was the only progressive
candidate. and while not entitled un.
der the law to such votes, feel / am
not the choice Of the voters Of my dis
trict.''
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-11
Representative Young Of Mich
igan Says He IS Not Morally
Entitled To His Seat But
Legally Elected.
ERROR ON THE BALL OTIS
Contest Was Filed and Roose-
yelt Charged State Supreme
Court With Swindling
and Cheating.
Tunited press Leased wire Service /,

IUnited Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, May 10. With
tears coursing down his cheeks, his
body trembling with emotion and his
voice drifting into choking, half
checked sobs, Representative II. Olin
Young, Of Michigan, late this after
loon presented his resignation to the
house. He declared he was not NOR
ally entitled to membership In con-
gress: that his progressive opponent
last November, William J. Mcdonald.
had received plurality OF votes, NOR
ally, II not legally.
Since the custer Of Senator Lorimer
Of Illinois, no more dramatic scene
las been staged In congress than the
retirement of the veteran Michigan
legislator member Of the house for
ten years. Standing in the well of
the chamber, the members and spec
tators awed into hushed silence.
Young bid his colleagues an affect
ionate and final farewell" For a few
seconds the house was stunned into
silence. Then the chamner resounded
with applause. Members rushed into
| the space beneath the speakers ros-
trtIni to shake the retiring members
hands, while his eyes wejled with
tears.
fouDg's voluntary retirement today
paves the way for seating another
{ bull moose. Representative McDon;
aid had fled contest Of Young s
election. Seating OF Mcdonald is now
+ expected. although both democrats
ard republicans propose opposition.
Charges OF Fraud.
Charges OF fraud in his election had
been widely circulated against Young
who has been prominent in republi
can councils and as member of the
Stanley steel investigating committee
The contest brought by his progress
siye opponent in the twelfth Michi
gan congressional district hinged or
aSS votes in one county. without these
votes Young had majority; with
them Mcdonald was victorious.
BY some error the name of w. ]
Mcdonald was printed as "Sheldor
William McDonald' on the ass bal
lots The board of canvassers con
stried the addition of the name "Shel
don1 to invalidate the ballots. The,
were thrown out Mcdonald brough
mandamus proceedings II the Michi
gan supreme court but was beaten
Then he filed the contest In congress
while the progressiyes. led by Colone
Roosevelt. exorciated Young for ac
cepting the election certificate Toda.
ioung, in resigning, said he believed
the ccatested ballots shoul. hay'
been counted for Mcdonald.
\ was elected, technically, unde
the laws OF Michigan. but do not car
70 mold a seat in this hour to which
believe | am not honestly entitled,
he declared. He carefully prepare,
statement to the public by specia
privilege and ended with the al
i houncement that he would send hi
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-11
0'Hara Denies the Charges
Brought Against Him and
Produces Wit
nesses.
NOT With THE WOMAN
And She Herself Admits That
There Were no Improper
Relations Between
the Two.

81
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
CHICAGO, May 10.-Lieutenant
Governor Barratt O'Hara, head of the
Illinois senate white slave probers,
late today specifically denied charges
preferred against him in an affidavit
presented to the senate, and flatly
lcontradicted a statement made earlier
| in the day by Mrs. Maude Robinson,
| his divorced accuser.
O'Hara took the witness stand be-
fore the senate committee appointed
| at his request to investigate charges
contained in the secret affidavit. He
denied that he had ever accompanied
1.-THE Robinson woman to the Hotel
Sherman, and accounted in detail for
his movements on the night the wom-
an asserted she had been with him.
After he left the stand his testimony
was corroborated by Frank j. Jacob
sen, an advertising solicitor, who tes-
titled that he rode home on the same
j elevated train with the young lieuten-
ant governor on the night Of January
ll17. Harry E. Gibbons, bailiff in the
I court of Judge Mcdonald, furnished
!, further corroboration. Gibbons testi
flied that O'Hara left the Robinson
j woman and a party who were in ths
u Lambs cafe before midnight. III
Il Il demanded this investigation,
said O'Hara. because heard rumors
: that some one was plotting to 'ge
me-. wanted to give them an op
portunity to show their hand
: Calmly the. young lieutenant cover
! nor traced in detail denial of the
charges made against him. He tolt
how he had learned of the opposition
ito the probe into vice conditions a
!, Springfield, then of rumors that were
! being put in circulation.
81 learned about the rumors,'' hi
said, "and | was told that they relat
ed to subpoena for Sam Davis, part
ner of man named Ensel in tn,
liquor business and the reputed own
er of segregated houses in Springfield
Then w. L. O'Connell, count.
treasurer, came to me. He told me o
the plot to get me- heard of it from
7 a number of legislators. They tol,
me that plotters were seeking, no
only to get me- but to discredit tn
work of the senatorial vice commits
sion"
Called Their Hand.
O'Hara leaned forward.
Il denounced the whole thing as
frame up" he said, quietly. II wen
back to the hotel and told my wifi
about it. We talked it over ther
alone in our room awhile and she at
. yised me to demand an explanation
Now have called their hand If the
: have any more affidavits, why don
!, they produce them?"
The young lieutenant governor wa
: the second witness to testify befor
. the committee. The first was tn
Robinson woman, pretty and fashion
ably dressed, who. with no great sho
of embarrassment, told the commi
q, tee that she had gone to the hot,
u with O'Hara and another man an
q woman, but that she and the lieutel
L ant governor had occupied separat
n rooms, that their relations were nj
ls improper.
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Husted Strong In Broad.

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