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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-04
English sufsaeettes Use Alarm Clock
Bombs and Start Campaign
Of Property Do
structIon.
TWO ARE CAPTURED
Women Carrying Internal Machines
Through the Streets Have
Been Locked up in
Jail.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
LONDON, April with Mrs. Em-
incline Pankhurst, militant leader OF
the suffragettes, in Holloway jail to
begin her three year sentence Of
penal servitude for inspiring the
Lloyd George explosion, the militant
suffragettes lost no time in starting
to carry out their threatened repris-
ais.
Today they blew up a train at
Stockport; wrecked he railway sta.
tion at Oxtend-in-Surrey and held
demonstrative meetings all over Lon
don. Two young militants with suit.
cases packed with explosives and
combustibles were arrested before
they accomplished anything. The
women who smashed valuable pictures
at Manchester were held for trial.
The damaged train was entirely
empty except for employees. 1t con
tanned seventeen cars and the sup
posed bomb went off in third class
carriage in the rear. Examination
showed that the car had been satura
ted with resin and fragments Of {
torn powder canister were found
Railway officials said they were sur,
suffragettes were responsible.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-04
RAYS SWEETHEART IS
STICKING WITH HIM

RAY couldn't have done such a
thing, and l know he did not do It,
she said. 81 have known him all my
life, and he never could have thought
of such a thing
Those who had followed the case
had predicted that rs the state wove
it's net closer about the defendant,
his betrothed would join with the
others and condemn him. Her atti-
tude in court has indicated that she
truly believes In Rays innocence.
Il do not remember has been her
most frequent answer to questions
while on the stand, and when the
states witnesses gave most damaging
testimony she wept silently.
The Adams county court house was
filed early today by throng that
gathered to hear important witnesses
for the state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-04
Impressive Ceremonies at Havre To.
day When casket Was Placed on
Steamer La France Bound
For Home.
HoNoRs FOR THE DEAD
AS Member Of the Legion Of Honor,
Dead King Of Finance Was
Given tho Highest MIL
tary Honors.

United Press Leased Wire Service.
[By William Phillip Simms, Paris
correspondent of the United Press. I
HAVRE, April 4.-With all the mill
tary honors due a commander of the
Legion of Honor as well as the popular
interest in the funeral Of the worlds
greatest flnancier, the body Of j.
Pierpont Morgan arrived here by train
today from Paris and was Immediately
transferred to the steamship LaFrance
which is scheduled to sail tomorrow
for New York.
The Paris express arrived at Havre
shortly after six O'Clock, and as soon
as possible the funeral car bearing
Morgan's body and the private cars
of Herbert l.. Satterlee, Mrs. Satter,
lee and their party, were switched to
a belt line and placed alongside the
LaFrances quay at seven o'clock
At 1870 a. m. the casket was trans.
ferred from the car TO the liner, be-
ing placed in an especially prepared
mortuary on "E" deck, hung in black
velvet, with silver trimmings.
A battalion of the 49th French In
fantry was drawn up at the gang.
plank and ten stout men carried the
massive box containing the -four
caskets incasing the body OF the deat
Morgan. The soldiers presented
arms; the military salute for com
manders of the Legion was fired and
the massed military bands played
Chopin's marche funebre The funer
al march was followed by several
American national hymns. including
Star Spangled Banner and America
and then the bands swung into the
"Marseillaise.'
The ceremony was most impress
sive one. More than 10000 people
crowded the quays to see the trans
fer of Morgan's body from train tc
ship and as the casket went over the
side and the bands played, almost
every head was uncovered.
The Morgan party was met by the
prefect OF the department of the
Seine, in which Havre Is located, ant
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-04
Olson Trial for Murder is Prov
ing Sensational and Caus-
ing Intense Interest by
st. Paul People.
POLICE CALLED OUT
Mob Fought to Gain Adlnis
sion into Court Room in
Hopes of Hearing Some
Spicy Testimony.

United Press Leased Wire Service.
ST. PAUL. Mimi, April 4.--Mrs.
Oscar Olson. wife OF the university
professor now on trial for the murder
OF Clyde Darling. laundryman, will
take the stand today In desperate at
tempt to save the man whose name
she bears from felon's cell.
She is expected to unfold story of
illicit love, passion, threats and her
attempts to break off her relations
with the dead man The attorneys
for the defense are anxious to get her
on the stand early as she Is fast
breaking under the strain Of the
courtroom and they fear she may be.
come Ill before her story is told. OIL.
sons iron reserve is breaking also
and on the stand yesterday he was
frequently in tears He told his story
In detail. He described the shooting
and told OF his wife's confession and
her plea for his aid to assist her to
4 get rid Of Darling.
He told of his wife sending tele
gram bringing him home from lee
ture trip and her meeting him at tn,
door with the laughing demand,
Don't / lool, pretty?' This was II
November. Ten minutes after TIL,
greeting, she had fallen to her knees
and told her story. She told OF Darl
ing's alleged threats against her hus
bands life and begged him to protec
) himself and her. Olson also declared
he had received threatening letters
from Darling. He described the shoot
ing in detail and even acted out tht
tragedy before the Jury. He handled
) the revolver without a sign of emo
tion but broke into tears at the men
tion cf his babies.
: For the first time since the peda
!, gogue fired two bullets through TIL,
back of his victim month ago thu
defense was outlined when Attorne,
/ c. A. Fosness declared that he woulc
prove Darling had threatened to xii
Olson, Mrs. Olson and himself
According to the opening state
lment for the defense. Olson had lef
his wife alone for weeks at tim,
while engaged in field work for th
university. The lonely woman wa
captivated by the laundry wagon driy
er, himself a college graduate am
gradually was induced to accept hi
attentions. For weeks F'osness said
Darling was almost a constant visito
at the Olson home during the hus
bands absence. The couple planne
to elope: talked OF death in each ott
er's arms. Then just as the wife ha
screwed her courage almost to tn
sticking point, each time she saw he
four year old son and resolved to cas-
off her lover. Finally in tit Of re
morse she told Darling she must re
veal everything to her husband
"If you do" he is alleged to hav
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-04
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: GREAT FIRE IN I
: OSKALOOSA TODAY I
} congregational Church In Path ,
Of tho Flames.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Ser. Z
yice.l !.

= UNITED Press Leased Wire Ser .
vice.] =,
= OSKALOOSA, Iowa, April 81
= Fire early today destroyed =. .
= dozen buildings includir sac .
= congregational church y q .
= total loss Of $4,000. = fire .
. started in the three ~ brick .
= business house rec, y vacated .
= by the H. l.. Spe.> wholesale .
= grocery company and spread to =
= the Congregational church to .
= the south. From the church it =
= attacked other smaller buildings Z
= nearby and for time 1t appear =
= ed as though the entire section .
. OF town would be destroyed. The
. cause of the flre is unknown =
= and may have been incendiary Z
y The losses are $4,000 on the 4
= Spencer building. $4,000 on the
= Congregational church and $780, 4
. 900 on surrounding buildings. 4
- =
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-04
FOR GODS SAKE"
HAD BAD EFFECT
Mrs. Emerson's Plea For Her
Daughter Who is Being For
chilly Fed in Jail.

I United Press Leased Wire Service.
LONDON, April 4.-The appeal
"for Gods sake appearing in let
ter written to Home Secretary Reg
inald McKenna by the mother of Miss
Zelie Emerson, the Michigan suffrag-
cite, said to be critically i'll in Hollo-
way JAIL so offended the cabinet min
lister that he not only refused to re-
lease Miss Emerson, but refused to
answer Mrs. Emerson's appeal.
The mother learned this today from
Secretary Laughlin of the American
embassy. He told Mrs. Emerson that
her "undiplomatic language in ap-
pealing to McKenna "for Gods sake
save my daughter offended the home
secretary and hindered rather than
helped her daughters chances for lib
erty.
Visibly angry, Mrs. Emerson rush
ed in taxicab to the home Office and
demanded permit for her own ply
sician to see Miss Emerson in Hollo-
way jail.
Miss Zelie Emerson, an ardent
American suffragette, came to Lon
don to study conditions and imned-
lately became the close friend of Miss
Sylvia Pankhurst, daughter of the
convicted leader She was with Miss
Pankhurst on two occasions when
both were arrested for window-smash-
ing, following the governments with
drawal OF the franchise reform bill
AT the time OF the last arrest, both
Miss, Pankhurst and Miss Emerson
fought and kicked the policemen who
arrested them and both we're sent TO
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-04
TRAPPED HIM
AFTER TWO YEARS
stenographer Arrested on the
Charge of Having Commit
ted Brutal Murder.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.
two years Of crafty and relentless
work by detective agency, In the
course of which the dictagraph play ed
a star part, Joseph Moriarty, alias
Wm. ]. Leehan. stenographer for
merly employed in the home of Mrs
p. NJ. Horne. of Pittsburgh, is In jail
today charged with the murder ot
Mrs. Chas. j.. Turner of Lakewood in
/ April 1911.
] Leehan was lured from New Yort
i to Fort Lee, N. j., last night by de
4 tectives whom he had thought his in
1 innate friends and arrested by Sheriff
Tillon He paled and staggered wher
placed under arrest but denied any
knowledge Of the murder. Judge Scar
ing of Toms River issued the warrant
4 charging murder.
Mrs. Turner was murdered in Pine
! Needle Lane, near here. Her body
was found off the path, face down
ward. her head crushed and driven In
to the ground by heavy blows from {
six foot pine pole lying near her.
No clues leading to definite actor
A by the authorities could be discovered
4 but the interest OF the detectives pu
on the case centered around Leehan
who was reported to have quarrelet
with his wife the afternoon OF tht
murder and to have been seen enter
h ing Pine Needle Lane about the sam
time as Mrs Turner. Leehan and hi
/ family disappeared from Lakewood
few weeks later.
His disappearance re-awakened TIL
investigation and detectives 'naH
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-04
Bishop Carroll Dead.

/ United Press Leased Wire Service
PHILADELPHIA, April A. Bishop
]. ]. Carroll, rector Of st. Edwards
Roman Catholic church, and one of the
most widely known clergymen of his
denomination in America, died here
today Complications following an in
jury received year ago when he was
thrown from his horse, brought on his
last illness.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-04
Don't Forg@t the
Rest. e."

There is a German fairy story
about shepherd boy who
found a magic flower growing
on a hillside. STOPPING to pluck
the flower. the lad saw a great
cave. Entering, he found a
fairy guarding wonderful
treasurer house all ablaze with
precious gems.
The fairy bade the boy help
himself to the treasure. AS the
lad was departing, laden with
about all the jewels he could
carry, the fairy cried, Don't
forget the best!" SO the lad
took more gems and started
out again Again the fairy
called. Don't forget the best!"
But the lad could not carry any
more, SO he departed, only to
and his treasure turn to dead
leaves as he reached the mouth
of the cave. He had left behind
the magic flower-that was
what the fairy meant by "the
best"
Newspapers like THE DAILY
GATE CITY are treasure
houses of interest and informa-
ton. And if you lay THE
DAILY GATE CITY down with
out reading the advertisements
the magic flowers" OF OPP
portunityyou surely will have
forgotten sthe best"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-04
Esther Reeder Will Not Be.
ieve That Pfanschmidt is
Guilty of Murder.

! United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
QUINCY, H., April All doubt as
% pretty Esther Reeder's devotion to
nay Pfanschmidt, whom she was to
nave married. and who is now on
saiai ,. Tor the murdey of four persons,
mcluding his parents and sister were
uissipated today when Miss Reeder,
With determined tilt of the head, de-
cared she would stick with Ray
.hrough thick and thin She added
mat at no time since his arrest had
sne entertained the slightest doubt as
70 his innocence.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-04
Depot Wrecked.

LONDON, April 4. Suffragettes to-
day blew UP the railway station at Ok
tend-in-Surrey. An alarm clock set for
8 a. m, contrivance similar to those
used by dynamiters in America. was
found in the wreckage, and also a
loaded pistol. Militant placards told
that the explosion was the work OF
the women.
The lavatory Of the station was
completely demolished and the walls
windows and doors damaged. So far
as known, nobody was hurt.
The Great Western and the Mid
land railways, in view Of the outrages
threatened by the militants last night
in retaliation FOR the sentence passed
on Mrs. Pankhurst, today issued q
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-04
Were Not Spies.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
PARIS, April 4.-The German army
officers who landed yesterday at Lune,
Vile in the German Zeppelin dirig-
ible "a today were released by Gen
eral Hirschauer, permanent president
OF the department of military aero
nautics, who with his staff went
down to Luneville to investigate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-04
Cairo SIN Hopeful.

CAIRO, ILL.,. April Following
stand of the river for almost twenty
four hours Cairoans today again took
heart and believe they can save the
city, although the crest Of the flood is
vet to come. They were particularly
cheered because the rise of foot re-
ported at Paducah, KY, failed to show
here. Rivermen attribute this to
the new cut-off through Cache creek
into the Mississippi which is un-
doubtedly drawing off considerable
water.
The City of Cairo steamer rescued
thirty persons and one hundred and
fifty head of cattle at O'Brien's Land
ing, carrying them to Wyckliffe, KY.
The boat continued to Columbus and
probably will return tonight.
Mound City is still dry and resi-
dents there expect to be able to
weather the flood AT Paducah rains
during the night caused considerable
suffering among refugees on Gregory
Heights. Water has now reached the
center Of the retail district.
Provisions are running short at
Shawneetown and refugees in the
tent colony are anxiously awaiting
rations promised from Louisville.
! Refugees in Annison, Mississippi
county, Missouri, are also reported in
need of food and shelter.
,
Eiahty-fIve Bodies Recovered.
! COLUMBUS, O., April 4-With
eighty-fve bodies recovered and iden
tilted today, it seemed probable that
!: the Columbus death list in the food
will reach 100 or more. Great guam
titles Of debris remain to be searched
| The salvage commission today was
busily locating property swept away
| by the food. The first house tagged
was that of Jules Frizzel. found -four
miles south OF its original location
Jewelry. valuable papers and other
! personal property was being collect
1 ed and held for claimants.
Prompt action by congress toward
/ flood prevention in Ohio was prom
Used by Senator Theodore E. Burtor
today after his inspection of flood dis
| tricts at GAINESVILLE, Columbus ant
/ Delaware.
Two hundred thousand Ohio
food victims must be fec
for ten days or longer, &C
cording to Colonel E. T. Miller, II
charge of the supply depot. Enough
+. food is on hand to last until Sunday
( Dayton, Columbus, Portsmouth
Chillicothe, Marietta, Manchester
/ Pomeroy and Middleport still depend
on outside food supplies.
Dam in Danger Again.
i ST. MARY'S, o., April 4.-Higl
4 western winds today again endanger
j ed the east bank of the Grand reser
voir by dashing the water over thu
j side Men and teams have been work
i ing night and day since Wednesda,
4 hauling material to strength hen the
bank. A company of militia is patroll
Il ing the reservoir today.
Rain Continues.
| DAYTON, o.. April 4.-The rail-
which ceased during the night begar
again this morning, and streets o
Dayton and Hamilton are again inun
dated by few inches Of water. Thu
authorities, however, say there is nj
) danger.
The continuous downpour has hat
, disheartening effect upon larg'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-04
WHY PROFESSOR KILLED
LAUNDRY WAGON DRIVER

said. n will kill you and myself
Then he said he would put the pro-
fessor out OF the road, get divorce
and they would be free to wed"
Mrs, Olson told her husband OF her
downfall, but did not mention the
threats. He warned Darling to stay
away from his home. or accept the
consequences
Darling, 1t is said. stayed away for
a short time and then returned again
to force his attentions on the erring
wife. He then threatened to kill the
professor, It Is alleged. and the wife
confessed to her husband that his
life and her own was in danger.
Olson sent his wife to the home OF
her parents in the country. Darling
didn't know OF her absence. the de-
Tense claims, and on the fatal night,
knowing that Olson himself had been
away for some time, attempted to
gain admission to the house from the
back door. Olson, who had Just re-
turned, was unpacking his grip, IN
which he had a loaded revolver. He
glanced through the window and saw
the figure OF the desperate man. Darl-
ing entered the back door without
knocking, 1t is alleged. and the pro-
fessor clutched the revolver and fired
twice as the intruder sought to flee.
Mrs. Olson sat dry-eyed throughout
the attorneys address and steeled
herself for the ordeal she must under
go when she takes the stand to testi-
fy to the facts outlined by her hus-
bands lawyer.
| Sensation Seekers.
| ST. PAUL, MINI, April 4.-Police
/ reserves we're called today to uuell a
mob of men and women who fought
1 to obtain entrance into the court
room where Prof. Oscar Olson Is or
trial for the murder of Clyde Darling
The report that Mrs. Olson wouit
take the stand today to testify tina
her husband had killed Darling afte
she had confessed to illicit relation
with him was responsible for tn
throng.
Womens' hats and coats were tori
of In the scramble to obtain entranc,
and several children were trampled
1t was fifteen minutes before cour
could convene.
Prof Olson resumed the stand a
the opening of court. He told of buy
ing the revolver and of fixing his bed
room window so sthat an intrude
clared that he seldom opened the doc
at night without first looking out II
see who was there. This he said hi
did because OF fear caused by tn
threats OF Darling.
Il made the statement that 1t wa
case OF the unwritten law declar
ed Olson, describing his talk with th
police on the night OF the crime. "an'
repeat 1t now
County Attorney OBrien then tool
the witness for examination.
Under his fire of questions, Olsol
told Of Darllng's actions on June I
at which time he said his wife toll
him that Darling had hugged an
kissed her and asked improper ques
; tions The county attorney followe
this up with the gruelling cross-exan
ination that wrung in stammeret
broken sentences, the confession o
olson's wife in November The pre-
fessor declared that at that time hi
wife told her relations with the mu,
dered man.
HypnotIsm Did Il.
ST. PAUL. MINI, April 4.-Th
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-04
Ohio River Stood at 54.7 This
Morning, Almost q Foot
Higher Than Any
Previous Record.
SEARCHING THE DEBRIS.
Eighty-five Bodies Have Been
Recovered at Columbus and
Total Expected to Reach
One Hundred.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CAIRO, ILL.,, April 4.-The levees
here hold despite rain overnight and
a slow but gradually rising food. At
least two days Of battle with the rag
ing Ohio confront the workers on the
embankment protecting Cairo, as the
crest OF the flood is not due before
Sunday, according to the forecast.
The stage OF the Ohio river this
morning was 54.7, rise OF lilo Of a
foot in the last "a hours. While the
Increase scarcely is perceptible, the
strain on the leyee is terrific, and
no break has been reported to relieve
the situation
A Little Higher.
CAIRO, H.. April 4.-With the Ohio
river at SAT feet ON the Cairo gauge
this morning, seven. enths higher than
any previous record, the river still
has rising tendency and probably
will go little higher before the crest
is reached. While the situation here
remains dangerous, it is still believed
that Cairo will escape inundation by
the food from the Ohio.
The work OF bulkheading up Cairo
levees to protect the city from a IS
foot stage continues day and night.
Over two thousand men were at
work on the levees south of Hickman
last night endeavoring to prevent a
repetition of last years flood, which
inundated the Reel Foot district when
that levee broke
Although conditions are somewhat
desperate at Mound City, the river
being higher apparently there than at
Cairo by fully foot on account OF
the Ohio running partly through to
the Mississippi river via Cache, that
city continues to hold out and will
probably escape. In response to re
quest. Cairo last night sent UP $4,000
sacks and two companies o; the Sew.
enth regiment So far Mound City is
as dry as bone and strong hopes
are entertained that it will remain so
Arrangements have been made by
the medical corps of militiamen tc
convert the steamer G. W. Robinson
into hospital in case Of inundation
AL. sick and infirm persons in the city
will be placed upon the boat. Lieu
tenant B. Buckner. U. S. A., has or
dered fifty boats distributed over the
city, mostly where there are many one
story houses. Some 200 refugees are
reported in distress near Mounds ant
an appeal was made to Governor
Dunno for aid, with the result thai
Adjutant General Dickson has dis
patched rations, blankets and tents
to the town.
General Dickson is expected to ar
rive at Cairo Saturday night or Sun
day.
Railroad Washed Out.
DAYTON n Apr;l rorerro
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-04
CAIRO, DRY As A BONE
AND HOPES TO ESCAPE

there, gave up the proposed trip when
they were informed that Pennsylva-
mia railroad repairs had been washed
out by last nights heavy downpour.
They will attempt to make Piqua in
stead.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-04
Railroad Washed Out.

DAYTON. o., April Governor
Cox and the Ohio food relief commits
SION, who had prepared to go to
hanesville today on their special
train to Investigate food conditions
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