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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-23
President Wilson Thinks PubIIc's De-
sres Should be Carried Out
on Tariff Matters and
Not Politicians.
HE HAS NO BIG STICK
VIII Not Flourish Club But Always
Ready to Explain His Ideas
on Matters Of Vital
Importance.

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WASHINGTON, March 22.-It is
going to be up to the people OF the
country to insist in getting what they
want. not alone in tariff revision, but
also on currency reform, and all 9th
er pressing legislation.
This was the position definitely as
sumed by the administration tonight.
During the last fortnight, President
Wilson has conferred with more than
$50 men representing every section
Of the country. He has listened care
fully to their statements. He has
weighed their declarations Of what
they believed the democratic party
was pledged to in the way of RENE
dial legislation And as result the
president has taken the position that
the people and not the politicians are
the ones who shall have the final say
To every caller Presiden. Wilson
has insisted that partisanship must be
eliminated at all costs from the press
ing legislation that must be consider
ed. He has empha. .ically asserted
that the people must get into touch
with their representatives in the sen
ate and house and Insist that all cam.
paign pledgas be kept. a
To every Representative and sena
tor who has called, the president ha,
explained that he believes that there
has been too much of the Washing
ton viewpoint" in the past He has
urged the leaders to see that they
get together In legislation that will
suit all of the people and then that
such legislation is pushed through
without unnecessary delay.
1t was said on the highest author.
ity that the president has made uT
his mind that when congress recon
venes nothing must be permitted tc
get In the way of the immediate
downward revision of the tariff. But
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-23
Denies That He Had Anything
to do With Condition Of
His Housemaid.

10
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
PITTSBURGH, Pa. March 22.-H.
l., Heeter, superintendent of the Pitts
burgh schools, accused by Ethel Fish
er of being responsible for her condi-
ton as she lies i'll at the West Penn
sylvania hospital tonight, gave out a
statement denying his guilt and de-
manding the establishment OF his In.
nocence by the proper authorities.
The girl, in a critical condition from
an operation performed by herself,
made sworn statements to the coron-
er duplicating Heeter.
Heeter's statement follows:
II declare positively my total and
absolute innocence. / assert that
neither by word, act, nor deed am
in any way responsible for this girl.
o. her condition and that the charge
Is a wilful, deliberate and malicious
lie. / demand that the proper atl-
thorlty proceed at once to establish
my innocence.
tSigned) III. L. Heeter."
Heeter was superintendent OF
schools at st. Paul at the time he ac-
cepted the same position here about a
year ago.
The Fisher girl, who was house
maid in Heeter's residence, made
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-23
Continued on page 81
CYCLONE KILLED
SIXTY PEOPLE
Thirty Met Death in One
Southern City Alone Last
Friday.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. March 22.-
Death to over three score persons.
property loss of more than $2,0oo,00O
in a dove-tailed strip Of territory
ranging across several states was the
known total of the toll taken by Fri
days cyclone, according to reports
from affected districts all over the
south tonight
Lower Peach Tree, Ala, was wiped
out, and thirty persons were killed.
Scores Of buildings were levelled and
many lives lost at Thomasville, Ala
bana, Reisner and Louisville, Missis-
sippi, Shreveport, La. and in the dis.
trict surrounding Columbus, Ga.
Property damage in Alabama alone
will total $1.o00,0oo. Tonight railroad
systems and wire communication
were yet broken and the work of car
ing for the injured and burying the
dead was going on.
Reports from Tennessee late today
detailed the death of at least dozen
persons crushed in their homes by
the storm which swept across the
state southwest to northwest. Proper
ty damage will be enormous
Reports filtering in from the dis
tricts surrounding Columbus. Ca, told
of large property damage, but com.
paratively small loss of life.
Late reports from Mississippi with
partial restoration OF wire communi.
cation told Of the devastation Of a
wide strip across twelve counties of
the state, costing seventeen lives and
enormous property loss. The storm
started In Warren county, sweeping
through the southern section, shifting
north and east along the line Of the
Mobile and Ohio railroad. The fury OF
the cyclonic wind semed to have cen
tered at and near Meridian, where in
addition to loss of human life much
live stock was killed. Appeals for aid
were being received at Meridian to.
night from the whole territory north
of there.
Governor Brewer today aided the
sufferers with money from the state
tornado fund. Detailed reports of the
damage is yet to come.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-23
TAMMED RUBBER TUBE
DOWN SYLVIA'S THROAT

instigated the burning of Lady Whites
$4,000 country mansion in Surrey.
was only one of the many alleged
truthful exposures of the painful
prison custom.
Miss Pankhurst said that when she
refused to eat, five prison wardresses
seized and held her powerless, while
ach tube. With steel instruments, she
said, they pried open her jaws and in
serted the tube into her throat, thus
injecting a liquid and her mouth and
gums were constantly sore and bleed
ing from this treatment, she declar-
ed. The process was repeated twice
daily.
That the cruel practice was really
injurious to Miss Pankhurst was eYi-
denced by the fact that the prison
doctors admitted to Home Secretary
McKenna to keep her there LONGER
would be to jeopardize her life. he
thereupon ordered her release,
Miss Lillian Lenton, an American
suffragette of prominence and Of
wealthy f&nily also was released from
Holloway jail several weeks ago by
order of the home secretary, because
her health broke down under forctble
feeding She was compelled to ask
the aid of friends and was confined to
her bed, seriously Ill. for long time.
Other suffragettes also have been
broken in health in that way
In the month following the with
drawal by the government Of the
franchise reform bill, Miss Pankhurst
was twice arrested and jailed for
smashing windows and for stoning.
fighting and kicking policeman who
arrested her
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-23
VS. TOO GOOD
TO HIS WIFE
Ranchman Will Plead Unwrit-
ten Law in Defense for Muir
dering Hotel Man.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
BURLINGTON, Colorado, March 90
Charged with the murder of N. J.
Allen, Jr., aged 40, hotel proprietor
at Flagler, small town near here
Frank Schuyler, ranchman. is in the
Kit Carson county jail tonight. Ad.
mitting he shot Allen down when he
found the man in Mrs. Schyler's room
the prisoner tonight justified his act
by pleading the unwritten law.
Allen was slain as he was trying to
escape Schuyler who had concealed
himself In his wife's room to discover
If there was any foundation for re.
ports that Allen was too attentive to
Mrs. Schuyler.
Last November Mrs. Schuyler. pret
ty woman, and the mother OF two
boys, accepted employment in Az
lens hotel, in order to get money to
assist her husband in working his
ranch. Hearing gossip several days
ago about his wife and Allen, Schy'
Ter went to Flagler to investigate.
He concealed himself ehind a
desser in his wife's room and waited
until Allen and Mrs. Schuyler had en-
tered the room and began kissing and
hugging each other. Then Schuyler
stepped out of his hiding place and
demanded an explanation. Allen star.
ed to run and SCHUYLER shot him dead
He Immediately surrendered to the
authorities.
In a statement from his cell to
night, Schuyler said: When entered
|. that room, expected to kill some
body or get killed II I found ccndi
tions as they were reported. believe
was entirely justified in shooting
that man. The trouble, believe, was
caused by the fact that was toe
good to my wife. ! humored hei
whims and requests too much. And
this is what i. led to-"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-23
HEART BROKEN
BY LAW BARRIER
York In Hopi ST Being Cured
Of T,S cuIosis by
dm.nn.
HURLED INTO THE PIT
Atkinson Returns Home to Die, Ut
terly Crushed, After Being In
able to be Given
Treatment.

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NEW YORK, March 22.-The abso-
Lutte hopelessness of tuberculosis suf-
ferers from outside Of New York state
coming to New York in the expecta-
tion Of getting the Friedman treat
ment was pathetically emphasized to-
day In the case of DR.. ]. N. Atkinson,
of Marionette, Wisconsin.
With both DR.. Friedman and the
government experts conducting the
demonstrations in this city, anxious to
give him the benefit of a treatment,
DR.. Atkinson, after a three weeks
fight, found the way absolutely block
ed today by the stringency of the
state laws. Broken hearted. he pre-
pared to leave for Wisconsin, fully
expecting to die within a few months
DR.. Atkinson is veterinary surg
ecn. He has an advanced case OF
tubercular laryngitis, contracted while
treating tubercular COW. Although
a man of limited means, when he read
of the coming to this country of the
famous Geran scientist, he determin
ed to be among the first to be given
the treatment in New York.
He tramped on snow shoes nine
miles to the railroad station. The
railroad journey further reduced his
strength and when he arrived here
three weeks ago he could hardly speai
above a husky whisper. Atkinson
haunted the Waldorf and then the
Ansonia hotel until he had an inter
view with DR.. Friedman. The Ger
man physician became interested in
the plucky westerner's case. and
promised to treat him on his return
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-23
1t Was Heart Trouble.

limited Press Leased Wire Service !
PITTSBURGH, Pa, March 90
Heart trouble, due to a previous ilr
ness, and not fractured skull, caus.
ed the death of Tommy Lavelle. light
weight boxer, who died yesterday fol,
lowing bout with "Swats" Adamson
of Brownsville, according to DR.
Schildecker of the coroners office
Adamson is out under bail
Directors OF the Tariff club. before
which the match was held, met this
afternoon to take action for relief oi
the young boxers family. The father
and mother are each seventy years
old
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-23
If They Have Their Way, Ottoman
Territory In Europe viii be
Larger Than Allies
Suggest.
NICHOLAS KEEPS GOING
Montenesrin Troops Ordered to Again
Storm scutarl In Spite Of
Austrla-Hungary
Warning.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
SOFIA, March EFF the grea,
powers of Europe have their way, Tur-
key, when conquered, will be left with
more than double the amount of ter
ritory in Europe that the Balkan al
Lies would have allowed the Ottoman
empire to retain.
This became known tonight when
the foreign office gave out the text
of the note today delivered to Bur
garia from the ambassadors Of the
powers in London, through the minis
ters here, setting forth the conditions
under which the powers will consent
to mediate in the Balkan war.
| First, the powers demand that the
new Turkish frontier shall extend
from Enos, on the Aegean. by way or
Maritz and the Erkene river to Media
on the Black Sea. The allies woulo
be given all the rest of Turkey In Eu-
rope except Albania, which is to be
| given autonomy. The division OF al
| lot.ed territory would be settled by
lily dliiCS dLhOhB thChipOiNSb anu LILO
powers would settle the limitations
of the Albanian boundary.
The powers also demand to be all
4 lowed to settle the possession of the
Aegean islands.
In addition they regard with dis
favor the demand Of the allies anc
propose an International conference
to be held In Paris, attended by rep
resentatives Of the Balkan states, Tur-
key, and of the powers, to devise a
plan for that part of the Turkish ma.
tional debt for which the conquerec
provinces are responsible, to be as
sumed by the allies who take over
the territory.
King Nicholas.
/ VIENNA, March 22.-Notwithstand-
| ing the second warning from Austria.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-23
Illinois Commission in Wash
ington Hears What the Peo-
pie There Think Of Low
Wage Situation.
THE TAX ON BACHELORS
Minimum Wage Scale for Men
Declared to be More I'm
portant by Health Off
Ger Woodward.

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WASHINGTON March 22.-Fash-
ionably gowned society women, who
had rolled up to the exclusive hotel
willard in their motors, listened
with blanched faces this afternoon,
while government workers, sociologi-
cal experts, and woman's welfare
workers discussed remedies for vice
conditions among working girls. be-
fore the Illinois vice commission. The
testimony OF the witnesses some of
them among the best known men and
women in the country-was brutal In
its frankness. At times the intense
silence in the lavish mezzanine bal
cony was broken by hysterical ap-
plause.
In the gaily dressed throng were
some Of the best known women in
the country.
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley, wife OF the
former chief of the bureau of chem
istery and president OF the Consum-
ers League; Mrs. Adolph Kann,
3 president of the Alliance Of Jewish
Women. Mrs. A. A. Birney. president
of the National Mothers Congress; !;
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, chairman OF
the welfare department of the Nation.
al Civic Federation; Stanley w.
Finch, special investigator of white
slave conditions for the department
of Justice, and Robert A. Barrett, son
of Mrs. Florence Waller Barrett,
head of the Florence Crittenden mis-.
sion, were among the witnesses.
DR.. w. G. Woodward, health officer
for the District of Columbia, testified
that a minimum wage for men was
more necessary than for women.
Men today" he said, "are living
enforced celibate lives up to q or 80
because they can not earn sufficient
to marry. In other days they mar
ried at 81 or %. Now, underpaid and
with no innocent recreation provided
for them, they are forced into evil
ways. Until you have provided rec
reation for poor men and poor wo
men-recreation that will crowd out
the bad ideas-you cannot solve the
problem. The school system doesn't
take cognizance of the need of the
child to earn living. 1t is taught
high ideas, yet taught no means OF at
training them. The schools must teach
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-23
1000 Back TO Work.

[United Press Leased Wire Service. j
PHILADELPHIA, March 22.--Four
thousand of the ten thousand West
Virginia miners who have been on a
strike for ten months have reached
basis OF settlement with the Paint
Creek Galleries company, according
to John P. White, president of the
United Mine Workers Of America,
here tonight.
White stated that the men Won
recognition OF their right to organize.
He will return to West Virginia Mcn-
day and may confer with GoverncS
Hatfield over the situation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-23
THE lite GIRL WHO
WORKS FOR A LIVING
practical things and it must teacl
salf-confrn1

practical things and it must teach
self-control."
DR.. Woodward, citing the prevail
ence OF some diseases, declared ma
tional law making a certificate OF
health from each contracting party be-
fore their marriage was necessary. II
have introduced bill in the Illinois
legislature" said State Senator Beall
of the commission, making an un-
married man of 80 pay a tax OF 500
a year. Do you think that is a good
plan?''
YES" answered the doctor. only
/ would make it "a.
In contrast to the other witnesses
called was Captain Hollenberger of
the Washington police department, In
charge of the vice district in the
capital. In gruff, low tones, he an
swered the questions put to him. fum-
bling his police cap nervously as wo-
men raised forward on chairs to hear
him with cries of louder
Are you ashamed to say what you
know?" And I'VE didn't come here to
be amused. We want facts. Tell
theI
How often,' asked Lieut.. Governor
O'Harra, ''do your women leave the
resorts and in what numbers?"
About fifty per year." answered
the captain. You see they die faster
than ordinary people. We have about
$50 in the segregated district, all OF
them registered
DO you keep register of the men
patrons Of these places?" cried Mrs.
Drayton Ransom, a well known so.
ciety woman, rising In her seat.
The captain turned red in the face
and suffered:
Lord, no." he answered "The po.
lice force isn't large enough"
Well, how do you establish the
vice record CT a new woman?"
by their regulations, man," an.
swered Hollenberger.
Honenberger in earnest tones de
Tended the working girl.
Il know lots who would rather die
| than go bad,' he said. 1t isn't all q
question of money at all.
| Mrs. Archibald Hopkins declared
that the least a girl could live ON in
Washington and remain respectable
/ was $3.50 a week. Mrs. Hopkins de.
Tended the modern mother.
| "She has nare enough time as 1t
is" she answered Senator JUL, when
he suggested that y girl whose moth
er allowed her to do rag dances. had
herself to blame for the daughters g
downfall If she went wrong.
1 Il think the great trouble Is that
| the bars we had up when we were
young have been let down too far to.
day. From being too rigorous, par
ents have become too lax" gle said
| Mrs. Adolph Kann declared that
wages had little to do with vice but
that proper environment and home
| conditions did.
"If you make a minimum wage law
of SO a week for girls" she said, you
face the possibility of their going or
a strike and saying we need $12
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-23
THE WEATHER.

United Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO. March 90. Weather
forecast:
Rain and warmer Sunday: Monday
unsettled with probably rain ana
colder.
Iowa: Rain or snow and warmer
Sunday; Monday unsettled and cold
er.
Missouri: Rain and warmer Sum
day; Monday unsettled and colder.
Local Observations.
March Bar. Their. Wind W'th'r
% z a. m.30.67 II NE Clear
% z p. m.-s040 80 II Pt.Crdy
River above low water of 1864. 8
feet tenths.
Mean temperature. 20. "a
Lowest temperature, 16.
Highest temperature. So.
Lowest temperature last night, IL.
FREED 2. GOSEWIsCH,,
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-23
EASTER SUNDAY SHOW
Of F|NERY AND STYLE

then. the church to be attended would
be decided on.
Among the oversunday guests az
the white house are Prof. Stockton
Axson of Princeton university, broth
er Of Mrs. Wilson, and F'itzmasters
Wilson, the presidents cousin. stu
dent at the New Jersey university.
Because OF pressure of business,
the president failed today to get his
usual half-holiday and 1t was late in
the afternoon before he left his desk
to go for his accustomed drive with
Mrs. Wilson.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-23
Rainy Easter.

WASHINGTON March "a Umr
brellas, goloshes, rose colds. etc.
promise to be Easter costumes over
the greater portion of the country. II
the dire prediction issued by tho
weather bureau at midnight fulfills its
promise.
A soggy, seasonable rain Is wend-
ing its way over the Rocky Mountain
regions, working as 1t moves east, ac-
cording to the report, and Ns itiner~
airy includes the great plain states.
the western and central lake region,
extending south to the Gulf of Mexico
and the Atlantic states.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-23
The Wilson's on Easter.

WASHINGTON, March a.. The
presidential policy of doing every
thing possible to avoid Sunday crowds
will be carried out tomorrow, Easter
Sunday, as usual Although Mrs. Will
son and the Wilson girls have the
usual new dresses and hats TO display
they will in no way participate in the
Easter parade that is so much part
OF washington life.
All information regarding where
the family will worship was refused
at the white house tonight. Instead
It was explained that the family wourd
enter their automobile just before
church time and then, and not until
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-23
Crowds Pour Into Atlantic City
for the Annual Display Of
New Bonnets and New
Style Togs.
WILSON'S NOT ON VIEW
First Lady Of the Land and
Her Daughters Will Take
no Part in Washington
Exhibit.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., March 22.
Despite predictions of the coolest
Easter on record here, pilgrims from
every section Of the country poured
into this resort tonight, the mecca oy
the fashionable world at Easter tide.
Special trains on all railroads have
been unloading great masses of pas
sengers since before noon and tonight
estimates of railroad officials Indicate
that fully 100000 visitors have pass
ed through the gateways. At least
10000 more from nearby cities are
expected to arrive on morning trains
The official forecast late today was
slightly more encouraging to the thou.
sands who made the trip, with suit
cases and trunks of flnery and latest
styles. Fair and cool weather with
only probability of cloudiness in
the afternoon gave hopes to the fash.
ion plates that they would be given
at least several hours in which 60
display Easter bonnets and new style
togs. Tonight. however. the thermom.
eter was lowering at the freezing
point and 1t was predicted II would
remain near there most of tomorrow.
The announcement of County Pros
ecutor Moore that he will prosecute
to the limit liquor dealers who vio-
late the Sunday closing law has caus-
ed a rush to cafes and hotels. Many
patrons prepared against blue Sun
day by carrying away stock to last
over tomorrow.
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Continued on page 81
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CONTINUED on page 2.)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-12-06
HAY AND GRAIN
Quotation. BY c. r. Braunlios q Co
INSTITUTE
OF Minina VIII Be Held In Charleston
December 8 and 9.--intsresting
Program Prepared.

Tho annual sections Of the West
Vire.nia Mining Institute will be- held
In Charleston December and o Per
sons In the coal business throughout
the state are becoming interested and
many will attend. including several
prominent operators from this district.
An interesting program has been
prepared for the two days session
Particular interest is being manifest
- in the address to bo delivered by
Ex-Governor William a McCorkle on
The subject. The Eject ~ the Pana-
ma Canal on the Coal Industry "
West VIRGINIA" Governor ~ ID Hat
field will address tho opening session
on tho subject. Sanitation and the
Welfare ~ the Mine Village" Al
drcsscs are o. be- made by Rev Dr.
Thomas G Johnson Of Charleston.
Hon Ice OFT % the public service
commission. George y Parker Of New
York. = " Hunt o. Charleston. pr
" v Crane Of the Pennsylvania state
college. Frank Hess Of the Cousolifa.
ton Coal 'ompany. John s Walger.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-12-06
TRADING WAS INSIGNIFICANT
ON STOCK MARKET YESTERDAY

NEW YORK. Dec. 5.-The net re-
suit OF to-day's trading was insignih-
cant There we're some striking
changes among the specialties, but
movements OF the issues on which
speculative efforts center were vary
ing and meaningless. Tentative ef-
forts were made 70 depress prices. on
the theory that the recent rise had
weakened the markets position, and
that reaction was indicated by con
tinued reports OF slackeuing activity
in trade. and by the current high
money rates. The coppers. I'm particu-
ar. showed a heavy tone The list. as
"A whole. however. held fairly steady
Steel was little affected by offerings
Of large amounts In the railroad list
ST Paul was the only prominent stock
20 give way as much as a point. Prices
rose later being carried in some cases
above yesterdays close. Speculation
virtually ceased In the last half OF the
day. 4 cash loss OF $1,000 600 was IN
dicated by known movements OF cur
Tency for the week
Among the specialties. Assets Re