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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-12
CRAZY HENRY
CREATED SCENE.
Spencer Knocked His Attorney
Down and Admits Every
Crime Ever Read in
Newspapers.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
WHEATON, H., Nov. Henry
Spencer, Confessed wholesale muir
derer, on trial here for the murder
of Mrs. Mildred Allison -Rexroat, Chi
cago tango teacher, created scene
when court convened today by floor
ing his attorney, Anton Zernon. OF
Chicago. with two heavy blows, and
shouting that he was damned tired
of this delay" Sheriff Kuhn and
two deputies overpowered the pris-
oner and held him in his chair.
Il don't need an attorney" scream
cd the opium fiend. II can be my
own attorney and this gink is wasting
too much time in getting jury. I'm
Spencer, the murderer. I committed
every crime you read about in news
papers. killed this tango teacher
and drank some of her blood. Come
on, let's get that damned Jury and
have it over with
Held fast in his chair by the depu
ues, Spencer continued to hurl pro
fame epithets at Judge Slusser. the
Jury and his attorney until severa
women in the room had fed.
4 You've got as much brains as {
sack Of saw-dust,' he shouted a
Judge Slusser You've got clever
jurors here. Now put woman on a
q foreman and we'll get things start
ed"
4 Zemon moved his chair severa
yards from that Of his client after tn
, attack and continued the examination
OF veniremen. The twelfth Juror wa
selected just before noon. During
short recess several witnesses includ
Ing Captain Halpin Of the Chicago d.
tectiye department and Mrs. w. r
Patterson, whose tip to the polio
caused the arrest OF Spencer for MIL
: der, entered the room. Spencer spie
I Mrs. Patterson and hurled obscene =,
9 marks at her until she left tie room
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-12
Same Kind Sold for Half That
Price to Others in the
Same City.

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NEW YORK, Nov. Discovery
oy members of the housewives
ieague which is affiliated with wom-
ems organizations which have total
membership of 100000 ali over the
country, that eggs are being sold to
.ae poor Of the crowded east side at
'ne fancy price of five cents each,
caused Mrs. Julian Heath, its presi-
ueht, today to send agents among east
side residents to tell them where
they can buy csgs at 35 and 40 cents
d dozen. The situation here" said
Mrs. Heath, which probably is being
auplicated in every big city, is almost
teyond belief. The same eggs the east
SIDE OF New York and east sides OF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-12
City of Cleveland, Hard Hit By
November Blizzard, Starts
the Work Of Clean
ing Up.
CLoGGED UP WITH SNOW
Much Suffering Among the Poor While
the Rich Also Were lneon-
venienced by
Conditions.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicesl
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 12.-With
local traffic and communication with
the outside world partially restored
after the city had been almost COM
pleteiy isolated for over forty-eight
hours, Cleveland today faces seriouA
food famine.
Because of conditions Of streets, iot
cal Wholesale grocers. provision me1
and milk dealers have been unable I'd
make deliveries, and as a consequences
many small groceries and supply atas
tions In the residence districts have
closed. their stock being exhausted.
However. 1t is expected that the situa-
ton may be relieved by tomorrow
but until then half the city Will be
| forced to live on short rationa. The
blizzard which had the city In its
grip since early Sunday abated late
yesterday and by this morning the
snow fall had ceased. Street car
traffic on most OF the lines had been
restored. The streets. however, are
still In a bad condition. blocked wfthl
snow and Ice to depth Of from one!
to three feet, making traffic hazard
GUS and difficult One third OF the
city Is still without telephone COM
munication and one-third also is with
out light The suburbs such as East
Cleveland and Lake Wood where
1 thousands live, who work in the city,
are still isolated and street car Off
cials say It Will probably be a dayJor
/ two before they can reach them.
Wires throughout the city are I'LL
down. lying in tangled mass In the
streets and the linemen OF telephone
and telegraph companies up to today
were being forced to devote ali their
energies to the task to restoring com
munication with the outside world. An
unusual situation has arisen In the
city. The dead cannot be buried. the
; condition of the streets making funer-
ais impossible and graves cannot be
dug in the cemeteries.
There Is also danger of possible
flood should sudden thaw set In.
The mean snow fall was close to
two feet and a sudden jump IN tenn
perature would be sure to add hun
dreds of thousands of dollars worth to
!. the amount of damage already done It
. will be several weeks before normal
business conditions are reached. Fac
t tories, forced to shut down because
i workmen could not reach their work
x remained closed today because of the
t coal shortage. An attempt will be
0 made today to resume interurban
y traffic abandoned early Sunday.
) The toll of deaths, due directly tc
the storm number two, while hundreds
Of the city's people suffered untold
miseries. Charity organizations are
! swamped today with appeals for aid
i OFFICIALS of all railroads stated tha'
. today an attempt would be made t
y resume regular service. For two day
!. railroad service has been demoralizeo
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-12

tAKING AN INVENTORY
Many Ships Are on the Rocks and
some Of Them Are Thought
to be on the
Bottom.

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DETROIT, Mich, Nov. 12-Al-8I
hough the seas are still rolling dam
erously high on all the great lakes.
host vessels held at various ports Of
khelter during the gale Of the past
hour days today were preparing to re-
sumo their journeys. Nearly every
vessel known to have been on the
lakes during the billiards, today had
been accounted for. Latest reports
/ Of the damage wrought by the storm
i Indicated that the loss to shipping In
terests would total nearly two mil
! lion dollars. Fifty persons, it was
estimated, perished during the storm.
Ten bodies had been rescued early
today from the wreck Of the big steel
|freighter, eight miles north Of Port
Huron, on Lake Huron. OF these, two
have been identified as David Law
son Of New Brunswick, and w. F. Nc
Ginnis OF Owen Sound, Ont. Life
savers and wrecking men today held
to the theory that all ten we're mem
bers Of the crew Of the steamer Reg
ina Of the Canada Interlake company
Of Toronto The finding of a wrecked
life boat and oars from the Regina
fostered this belief. The Canadian
shore also was strewn with other
Nreckage which would indicate that
be Regina had net with trouble. The
q. s. revenue cntter Morrill, was
standing by the wreck today and an
attempt at positive Identification will
DE made.
As usual the rock-studded shores of
Lake Superior claimed the major
share of the lake disasters. 1t was es-
timated today that the loss to ships
On this lake alone would be in excess
of a million dollars. Although the
crews of the steamers r. c. Waldo
of Detroit, and the Turret Chief OF
Toronto were saved, each of these
vessels is total loss. Another shir
believed to be the Leafield, which
has been on the rocks of Angus
Island north of Isle Royale, since
early Monlay, today was reported tt
have broken up. The fate of the
crew is unknown.
Captain Duddleson and his crew o
twenty-six men and two women were
rescued late yesterday from thu
wreck OF the Waldo on Gull Rock
Manitou Island, after ninety hou,
hght against the storm without food O
sheiter. The boat broke in two i'm
mediately after she struck the rock
iast Saturday. The huge wave
washed away her masts. cabins AM
piot mouse, and when the tug Hell
'afd succeeded in getting TO tn
wreck late Yesterday those on boar
were found lashed to the rigging O
'he forward portion, half dead fror
exposure Half a score Of vessel
We're still on the rocks in variou
parts OF the lakes today, but none c
'hem was believed to be in imminen
Danger. Rescue ships in most case
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-12
THREE MEN WERE
SCALDED TO DEATH
Pipe Burst in Basement and They
Were Caught as In
Trap.

INDIANA HARBOR, Ind, Nov. 12.-
Three men were killed and build
Of the Inland Steel company wrecked
when a pipe used for the transmls-
s;on of steam exploded. The dead:
WILLIAM ZIELKE, South Chicago
Ind.
Harbor.
f. F. MANGEL, Indiana Haroor.
The three men. at work in the
basement repairing another leaks
pipe. we're trapped and scalded te
death by escaping steam,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-12
Small Towns Captured.
s5 for a Wink

NEW YORK, Nov. 12.-The tariff
on winks was placed at s. by Magis-
trate Corrigan. He fined Waiter Ruese
that amount for winking at Mrs,
Jeanne Pesse.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-12
NICHOLAS PAzKov1cH. Indiana
r = MANGEL, Indiana Harbor.
Three Months In Jail.

CHICAGO, Nov. 12.-For stealing a
mourning veil and black shirt waist
to wear to her fathers funeral mary
tones was sentenced to three months
in jail.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-12
Weather Conditions.

Conditions indicate generally fair
weather for this section tonight and
Thursday and colder Thursday, with
probably freezing temperature Thurs,
day night.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-12
STRIKING MINER
MAKES CONFESSION
Tells How Six Men Lay In Ambush
and Shot Down the Four
Guards.

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wAISBNBURG, Colo, Nov. 12.-
Major Kennedy, provost marshal OF
Huerfano country military district.
today obtained from Charles Shepperd
a striking miner. confession re-
earding the ambuscading and killing
of four mine guards near LaVeta
Saturday, which contained in detail
the confessions of five other strikers
yesterday. The men agreed they had
laid in wait for the guards and had
shot them down without warning
shepperd and his five companions are
held incommunicato.
The trouble expected at the Radient
mine OF the Victor American Fue
Co., last night did not take place. Sin
] hundred strikers marched there but
did not molest non-union miners. NJ
disturbances were reported today
from any section of the southern Colo
RADIO coal field.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-12
Daily River Bulletin.

River Forecast.
The river will remain nearly sta
tionary from Davenport to Keokuk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-12
Local Observations.

Mean temperature 18th, 81.
Lowest temperature, 20.
Highest temperature, A.
Lowest temperature last night 81.
FRED z. GOSEWISCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-12
No Opium Laws.

UNITED Press Leased Wire service.l
DECATUR, H., Nov. 12.-When it
was discovered here that there Is no
Illinois statute governing the sale or
use Of opium, man and three WON
en- arrested for conducting an opium
Joint had to be discharged.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-12
Americans in no Danger.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-Ameri-
cans and American property at Tux
pan are in no immediate danger, 1t
was declared at the navy department
today. Admiral Fletcher reported that
the Louisiana will remain at Tuxpan
as refuge in case Of necessity. The
Michigan has sailed from Vera Cruz
for Tampico.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-12

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THE WEATHER

Fair and Colder. Local temp
Z p. M. 80; Z a. m. So.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-03-18
SPECIAL SENATE
 SESSION ENDS

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-The spe. cial session of the United States Sen ate that began with the inauguration of Vice President Thomas R. Marsh. all, March 4, ended yesterday after. noon. Senators Kern and Gallinger were appointed as a committee to- notify President Woodrow Wilson that the Senate was ready to adjourn They waited on the President over the telephone, Senator Kern telling him that the Senate awaited his pleasure The President replied that he was ready for the Senate to adjourn, say ing that he was content that the con firmation of any further appointments he might desire to make should go over to the extraordinary session that will begin next month. The session that came to end yesterday was held for the express purpose of confirming the Presidents nomination for the Cabinet and other positions.
 All the civil appointments except that of Charles P. Neil were con. Distln.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-03-18
HEARING TONIGHT
 ON LABOR BILLS

There will be joint hearing be- for the two committees on labor, cap. ital and immigration, on the various eight.hour labor law. for employees in mines. at 7:8O this evening. Mir. Gaff- ney, who is chairman of House com mittee, states that it is the desire of the committee to hear from the pub- lie on this measure. Mining men and miners are specially urged to be pres ent.
 A hearing was held last Saturday when opposition was presented by R. A. Kinzie, of the Treadwell Company, over the feature of the bill which re- quires the men to go from the shaft or tunnel entrance of the mine on their employers time. The Alaska Labor Union, which is no part of organized labor as the term is used but simply an organization of the Treadwell en- ployees, also sent in a protest against this feature of the bill The Western Federation of Miners, of Douglas, Union No. 1O9, sent a communication to both the House and the Senate call ing attention to the fact that the Alas ka Labor Union was no part of organ ized labor
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-03-18
CALL FOR SPECIAL
 SESSION IS OUT

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-Presi- dent Woodrow Wilson issued his call for a special session of Congress yes terday afternoon. It fixes April as the date for the convening of Con- gross. The date was set a week later than it was the intention of the presi- dent to fix it out of deference to the rqeuest of Oscar w. Underwood, Dem ocratic floor leader of the House and chairman of the ways and means com mittee, who desired more time in which to prepare the tariff bills The proclamation simply called the Sen ate and House of Representatives to meet in extraordinary session. Pres ident Wilson announced that later he would prepare a message setting forth the matters he desires that Congress shall consider while in session in de- tail. In the meantime the ways and means committee is preparing the ta?- iT bills that will make up the main part of the work of Congress for the special session.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-03-18

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-Major J. F. A. Strong, Of Juneau, Alaska, ar. rived yesterday, and 1t is believed here that he will receive the appointment as Governor of Alaska before the end of the present week. National Commit teeman z. R. Cheney, of Juneau, Alas ka, called on Secretary of the Inter- for Franklin K. Lane, yesterday and had long conference with him with reference to Alaska matters. He strongly recommended the appoint4 ment of Major Strong for Governor of the Territory.
 Cheney discussed Charles A. Sul- ger for the goyernorship, but said that Major Strong is the choice of the peo. pie of Alaska and should receive the 
 It is said that Falcon Joslin has with drawn from the race for appointment and that he now favors the appoint ment of Major Strong, On the other hand, many of Major Strong's strong est endorsements are from friends of Delegate James Wickersham.
 National Committeeman Cheney has also endorsed L. T. Erwin, of Fair banks, for United States marshal for the Fourth Judicial Division of Alas ka, to succeed Marshal H. K. Love; and Charles G. Davidson, of Fairbanks,
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-03-18

Representative Arthur G. Shoup, of sitka. has introduced a bill in the House of Representatives, providing for juvenile courts in Alaska, for the protection of those of tender age. The bill places the juvenile courts in the jurisdiction Of the probate judges of the territory. The text Of the bill, now in the possession of the House com mittee on judiciary, is as follows:
 Sec. That from and after the passage of this act every probate judge in the Territory of Alaska shall be ex.oficio judge of a Juvenile Court, to have powers as are hereinafter pro- yided.
 Sec. 2.-Said Juvenile Judges shall have the power to commit to any re- form school designated by the attor, ney.general of the United States; to an orphan asylum; to any other pub lie or charitable institution Cwith the consent of the constituted authorities of such charitable iustitution); or to the board of childrens' guardians here matter provided for any child under seventeen years of age for a period not exceeding the time when such child shall arrive at the age of twenty one years:
 "First-Who may be guilty of a mis-
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-03-18
BILLS INTRODUCED
 BY SEN. WILLARD

Senator Willard this afternoon ntro- duced large batch of new bills, two of which referred to the subject of white slavery One of these acts makes it a misdemeanor subject to a fine of $1OO to rent or lease a build ing for prostitution and each day such building is used for such purpose shall be a separate offense. The other bill makes white slavery a felony"
 Three of the Willard bills introduced in the Senate today apply to mines. One makes it felony to conceal anal. gam ores or concentrates with the in. tent of stealing the same; another provides protection under the civil code to the purchaser of ores and to the owners or operators of mines that are shipping ores; one provides le. gal metohds of acquiring right of way for ditches, canals, fumes, aerial tram ways, telephones and telegraph lines.
 One of the bills introduced today by Senator Willard provides that an In. dian in order to have the right to vote must have severed his tribal rela- tions and be able to read and write the English language.
 A very important bill is the act to regulate grubstake contracts and prospecting agreements. It provides that all such agreements must be re, corded with the recorder of the dis trict in which the agreement is made,
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-03-18
Juvenile Courts
 May Be Established

demeanor under the laws of the Ter ritory of Alaska.
 "Second-All children who are des- titute of suitable homes and adequate means of earning an honest living.
 "Third-All children abandoned by their parents or guardians.
 "Fourth-All children of habitually drunken or vicious or unfit parents.
 "Fifth-An children kept in vicious or immoral association.
 "Sixth-An children habitually beg. giug on streets or other public places or from door to door.
 "Seventh-All children known by their language or life to be vicious or incorrigible.
 And said Juvenile courts shall also have the power CEighth)-To hold to answer to the district court and juvenile charged with felony Said juveniles to be tried by such district court and if convicted sentenced by said district court to a reform school. And CNinth)-To arrange for the tenn porary care of such juveniles pending investigation or judgment by the court: transportation to the seat of a district court; or to an institution
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-03-18

Probably not a little of the time of the Alaska Legislature that is now fair Ky at work on the business of the ses- sion will be given to the mining laws of the territory. That would be natur- iauy the case in a mining country. The rst mining bill 10 be introduced in the Legislature was presented to the Senate Saturday by Senator Henry Rodeu. of Iditarod. who has been a miner as we'll as a lawyer. Represen- tatiye William T. Burns, of Fairbanks. introduced a mining bill in the House yesterday
 The text of Senator Roden's bill is as follows
 See. That no person shall here after locate any mining claim in the Territory of Alaska as attorney for another unless he is duly authorized thereto by a power of attorney in writ ing. which shall be witnessed by two witnesses but need not be acknowl- edged. and recorded in the office of the recorder in whose precinct such location is made. previous to the date of the initiation of such location.
 Sec. "A locator or owner may at any time. relocate his own claim for any purpose. except to avoid the per formance of annual labor thereon, and by such relocation may change the boundaries thereof. or the point of dis covery. or both, but such relocation must comply. in all respects, with the requirements Of this act as to an or iginal location.
 See. 3.-That the value of work or labor done under the provisions of this act shall be computed on the basis of the wage for similar work current in the precinct wherein the claim is situate
 Sec. 4.-That during each year and until patent has been issued therefor, not less than one hundred dollars worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made on. or for the ben eft of each and every twenty acres or fractional part thereof contained in
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-03-18
Mining Bill Before
 the Legislature

any claim heretofore located and after the th!rty.frst day of December, 1912, one.hundred dollars worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made on or for the benefit of each and every twenty acres, or fractional part thereof contained in any claim heretofore located, the owner of such claim or some other person having knowledge of the facts, shall make and file with the recorder of the precinct wherein such claim is situate, an atti- davit showing the performance of la bor or making of improvements to the amount of one hundred hollars for each and every twenty acres or frac- tional part thereof contained in such claim as aforesaid and specifying the character of such labor or improve. ments.
 such affidavit shall set forth the following
 "(a) The name or number of the claim and where situate.
 "Cb) The number of days work done and the character and value of the improvements made thereon.
 "(c) Date of the performance of such labor and making of improve, ments.
 "CO The place where such was done and improvements made with ref erence to the boundaries of such claim.
 "(e) At whose instance the work was done or improvements made.
 "O The actual amount paid for such work and improvements and by whom paid when such work was not done or improvements made by the owner.
 Such afidiyat shall be filed with the precinct recorder not later than ninety days after the close of the cal endar year in which the work was done or improvements made. For the fling. recording and indexing of such affidavit the recorder shall collect the sum of one dollar and fifty cents, Up on failure to comply with all the pro-
 Continued to Page Three)
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-03-18
LAST OF BOUNDARY
 TO BE MARKED

D. W. Eaton. with W. B. Reaburn for the United States and Messrs. H. s. MusseI and D. V. Ritchie for Cana da. with nine men arrived on the steamer Northwestern going into the Chitiua river valley to complete the marking Of the boundary line from Mt. Natezhat in the White river valley to Mt. St. Elias. This will complete the marking of the boundary from the Portland canal to the Arctic ocean. The party will leave on the train on Monday morning. going to Blackburn. From there they will mush in. In about three weeks A. c. Baldwin. in charge of triangulation. will come with ten men and go into the White river country-Cordova Alaskan.
The Alaska daily empire., 1913-03-18
PROMINENT MEN
 GET IN TROUBLE

SAN FRANCISCO. March 1S.--F. Drew Caminetti, son of State Senator and former Congressman A. Canin- etti, and Maury l. Dlggs. state archi- tect, were arrested yesterday at Reno, Ney., for eloping with Miss Lola Nor ris and Miss Marcia Warrington, both sorority girls. Caminetti and Diggs are both married and fathers of fam flies. They were charged with violat' ing the Mann law, and will be tried in the federal court.
 State Senator A. Caminetti is one of the Democratic leaders of Calitor. mia and has been prominent in politics for a quarter of a century.