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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-20
lSADORA DUNCAN,S BABIES
DROWN IN THE SEINE

bndies of the little children in a few
minutes and that of the governess was
recovered later.
The bodies were carried to nearby
cafe and one hour and fifteen minutes
later the boy showed faint signs Oh
life. Physicians worked over him.
using all possible skill, but their ef-
forts were unsuccessful and the little
fellow did not regain consciousness
The girl and the governess were DEAD
when their bodies were taken from
the water.
The chauffeur crossing the bridge
lost control of the mechanism, he sald'
and the automobile skidded and pluns-
ed into the river
AS the automobile disappeared be-
meath the water, the chauffeur was
thrown clear of the machine but the
woman and the two little ones, held
nrisoners In the back seat were drag
ped down and 1t was several minutes
before their bodies floated TO the
surface.
The children who were drowned
we're Patrick, aged four. and Doody,
aged six. Physicians tonight saiu
thew feared Miss Duncan might lose
her mind because OF the tragedy. :.
The chauffeur was arrested and heid
for investigation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-20
BODIES DRAGGED
OUT OF OLD CISTERN

ed and their heads almost severed
from their bodies. In woodshed ad-
joining the abandoned cistern. was
found two blood-smeared axes.
Near the brink OF the cistern, the
posse that had been searching for
Mrs. Sleep and the two babies since
they left home last Monday night.
found a revolver, with one chamber
empty. BY It's side was note ad-
dressed to Emmanuel Sleep, husband
of the murdered woman. 1t read:
Dear Father: l have killed myself.
Good bye. Maude."
The finding of the revolver and
with it note, led the coroner and
police to believe at first that they had
a plain case of suicide The fact that
grewsome triple murder mystery
confronted them was clinched late to-
day when the husband declared he
was certain the handwriting was not
that OF his wife.
The door leading to the cistern had
been closed for several years. Coro-
ner Norton Is positive that a woman
of Mrs. Sleep's fragile build could not
have opened it,
Koppes. the boy farm hand, was de-
tanned after Coroner Norton late to-
day obtained sample OF the lads
! handwriting. Deputy Sheriff German
took the boy TO Geneva.
| AS Mrs. Sleep and her children
passed out of the farm gate, walking
toward the barn last Monday night,
Mrs. Sleep, according 10 young Kop.
pes. told him to tell her husband she
would return in short time and gave
instructions to her daughter, Ida,
aged II, to prepare supper.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-20
Why Pope Plus Survives After
Having Had Three Relapses
During Siege of
Influenza.
RECOVERY IS EXPECTED
Had Made up His Mind to Off
ciate at the Great Mass
and MAY be Spared
to Do So.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
ROME, April 19.--The improve
ment In the condition of Pope Plus x
continued tonight and his physicians
issued no bulletin. 1t was said that
his temperature was fraction below
9S. Several times during the day he
took nourishment consisting of eggs,
milk, weak chicken broth and dry
toast and his stomach retained tho
food.
Formal announcement was made by
Cardinal Merry del Val from the
vatican that the Constantine year
mass to be celebrated in St. Peters
cathedral on May II has been post
poned indefinitely. Pope Plus has set
his heart on officiating at this mass,
and Its postponement Is construed as
meaning that the vatican believes that
the pontiff will get well enough to go
through such service, though he
could not by any chance be sufficient
| ly recovered by May. It is pointed
out that If the pope's death were ex-
pected from his latest relapse, the
postponement would not have been
made at this time, for the papal obse-
quies. long drawn out as they are,
would be out of the way in time for
the original date set for the Constan-
1 tine year mass.
Physicians here. other than those
awaiting upon the sick pontiff, assert
/ that the Constantine year celebration
is largely responsible for the pope's
remarkable survival up to date, after
prolonged attack Of influenza and
three relapses. complicated as they
have been by heart trouble, bronchial
affections and kidney ailment The
proposed mass In ST. Peters on May
II was to have celebrated the 1500th
anniversary of the adoption Of chris.
4 tianity as the religion of the Roman
empire Under Emperor Constantine,
the christian religion was adopted by
the nation tentatively at the council
of Nice in 325 A. d., and fifteen hun
dred years ago, the formal adoption
I occurred. This was, in effect, the
beginning of the Catholic church and
the celebration Of the anniversary
was to have been the most impressive
4 church ceremony of the century.
Pope Plus, who will be 7S years old
on June 2, long ago began to plan for
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viii Of the Late American
Money King Has Been Made
Public and Filed for
Record.
he BELIEVED IN GOD
Provides Fund of 500, 900 Per
Year for His Widow and
Gives His Son
5000, 900.

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NEW YORK, April 19.-Leaving his
residuary estate, estimated in round
numbers at 5000, 100000, to his son
and namesake, the will Of John Pier
pont Morgan. master OF Wall street,
was made public tonight, revealing in
| this last testament OF the late finan-
cIer striking expression Of his be-
| lief in individual responsibility and
character.
All through the document appeared
The spirit Of the Morgan career-the
spirit Of personal responsibility. 1t
provides that all obligations, whether
given verbally or put down in some
random pencil notations, must be
carried out by the executors to the
| letter.
The special bequests, while provid-
Ing for Morgan's immediate relatives
and persons directly In his employe,
we're comparatively few
In the case OF all trust funds, the
fnancier made special provision that
the executors might accept the person
al tond of his son. ]. Pierpont Morg-
an, Jr., the residuary legatee, to carry
out the requirements of the will.
Morgan emphasized his trust OF his
Son and the other executors, VIM.
Person Hamilton, Herbert Livingston
satterlee and Lewis Cass Ledyard.
Hamilton and Satterlee are his sons
inlaw and Ledyard his attorney.
The rule of inheritance from father
to eldest son was set forth and it was
provided that in case of the death of
! Pierpont Morgan, he is to be sue.
ceeded by the grandson, Julius Spenc.
er Morgan.
The fact that Morgan realized that
ne was approaching the end before he
sailed on January II for his last voy.
age to Europe. is shown by the date
Of the will, which is January 4, 1918
With ccdicil dated January 8, 1913.
The largest individual settlements
are made upon the son and three
daughters, Mrs. Herbert l.. Satterlee
MIS- VIM. Pierson Hamilton and Miss
Anne Morgan, who is named through
out the will as Annie Morgan"
Each of these four children received
N trust 100000 to use the income
as they please.
Mrs. Morgan. the great financier's
second wife, about whom the genera
luolic has heard little. is made the
beneficiary of trust fund large
enough to insure her an income o
siVoooo year and is given the USE
q tne country and town houses dur
ing her lifetime.
ne two sons-in-law, Satterlee ans
hamilton, are given 100000 each
inc attaches and servants In tn,
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Baby RuntIns's Clothes VIII be so
Cheap That Dady viii Not
Have to go
~ Huntlng.
ADJOURN BY JUNE is
Prediction That New Tariff Bill viii
Be Law and Session Ended
by That
Time.

United Press Leased Wire Service.1
WASHINGTON April 19.--The new
tariff law--the Wilson Underwood act
will be on the statute books and the
special tariff session OF congress ad-
journed by July 15.
This was the prediction Of demo
cratic leaders tonight, following the
conclusion of the house majority eau
Gus upon the administration revision
measure. After a score OF minor
amendments the house caucus placed
it's final stamp of approval on the bill.
1t will be reported as amended to the
house on Monday. General considera.
tion will begin Wednesday.
| The caucus did not formally vote
approval of the Wilson Underwood bill.
That will be left for deferred ses-
sion Monday night, at which several
minor matters, amendments for
/ phraseology and decision as to time
for general debate will be disposed Of,
But the majority concluded the read
! ing of the measure and thirteen gave
formal notice OF their acceptance OF
the caucus rule permitting members
lof the party to refuse support to a
measure. All the others we're bound
by resolution to support every item
in the bill The "unlucky insurgents
4 were Broussard, Lazaro, Morgan and
! Dupre OF Louisiana; White, Francis
and Ashbroof OF Ohio; Kinkead and
1 Bremner of New Jersey; Donovan and
Kennedy of Connecticut; Burke OF
wisconsin, and Fowler of Illinois.
i The last act of the caucus before
its adjournment at p. M, was the
adoption of an amendment setting the
date on which free sugar shall go in
to effect as May 1, 1916.
1 Decision on a resolution proposed
by Representative Hardwick of Geor
gia to. limit the time for general de
bate on the tariff measure to eight
days will be presented Monday. Pas
sage of the bill by the house in three
weeks, or by May Is, was predicted
tonight by Majority Leader Under
wood. It's soon consideration In the
senate and compromise in conference
with the house, was expected to BE-
easily concluded by July is.
A number of. additions to the fret
list, slight amendment Of the income
tax and retention of the feature allow
ing five per cent rebates on merchan
disc imported in vessels flying tht
United States flag were the principa
decisions of the house democratic
caucus today Nearly two score
amendments proposed by the ways
and means committee were adopted
The principal additions to the fret
list were buckwheat and rye and rab
bits fur, the latter used in makins
hats. The caucus reduced the duty OF
vanilla beans from 80 cents to 81
cents pound. 1t also reduced thu
duty on onyx in rough or hewn blocks
from 65 cents to 90 cents per cubic
foot. The latter is the same rate al
imposed on marble.
= The most bitter battle will be waget
over the clause granting rebate o
five per cent on goods imported Il
United States-owned vessels. Whel
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THE WEATHER.
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CHICAGO, Apr. 19.-Weather fore

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CHICAGO, Apr. 19.-Weather fore
cast:
Illinois: Fair Sunday, followed by
increasing cloudiness and showers
Sunday night or on Monday.
Iowa: Increasing cloudiness follow.
ed by rain Sunday; Monday unsettled
Missouri: Cloudy Sunday, probably
followed by showers at nights Monday
showers and-WarHsars ssss ii
Local Observations.
April. Bar. Their Wind. Weather
10 Z am. J. 1927 Al N Clear
19 Z pm. 3O.32 SO E Clear
Rainfall for the past "a hours, .01
hundredth.
River above low water of 1864, II
feet, 2 tenths.
Change in "a hours, rise tenths.
Mean temperature, 81.
Highest temperature, 62.
Lowest temperature, 40.
Lowest temperature last night, As.
FRED 2. GOSEWISCH,
Observer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-20
Jury Returned Verdict Against Him
For the Murder Of H!s
Parents and
Sister.
THE PENALTY OF DE
He Killed Four People al nen Set
Fire to the House to
Gain tho
Estate.

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QUINCY, ILL.,, April 1s.-Ray Plan.
schmidt was found guilty OF the mur-
der of his father, mother, sister and
Miss Emma kaempen by the Jury
which reported Its verdict at 7:45 to-
night. The penalty was fixed at death.
When the verdict Of guilty, ACCOM-
panied by the recommendation that he
be hanged by the neck until dead, was
read, young PfanschmIdt did not
show any signs Of emotion, not even
by the battling Of an eye. His attor.
neys Immediately filed a motion for a
new trial.
The case went to the Jury at 1928
this afternoon, following dramatic
statement to the jury by state'a Attor.
ney Wall.
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HAS A Will Of IRON
AND NERVES LIKE STEEL

the celebration, which was to be at
tended by pilgrimages that would
continue all summer and bring thous-
ands Of Catholics to Rome from ev-
cry nation on earth He made up his
mind to otficiate at the great mass
and he has will OF iron and nerves
like steel.
Throughout the CRITICAL stages Of
his Illness. he kept his mind on the
would not die until 1t was held. The
doctors believe that It was this grim
determination. largely that kept the
pontiff alive when, by all the signs.
he should have died.
Several days ago, in the course Of
his most serious relapse when the
great activity within the vatican led
the watchers to believe the pope was
really dying, he smiled and said that
he would be UP to celebrate the If
teenth centenary mass IN st. Peters
on May II and straight away he be-
gan to mend.
The pope was the only cheerful ons
In the sickroom this afternoon when
his aged brother, Angelo Sarto. was
allowed to visit him. Sarto could not
restrain his -tears and even Professor
Marchiafava cried. The brother,
rural mail carrier at Mantua, who
was summoned by telegraph when the
pope was believed to be approaching
the end, has stayed at the vatican
since his arrival and spent every
night In the ante room, but was noe
allowed to VISIT the pope until today.
The sisters and niece of the pope.
who have been daily and nightly vfsf-
| tors to the vatican, were not present
when the brothers met Pope Plus.
seeing his brothers tears, smiled and
told Angelo to cheer UP, that he was
| going to get we'll very soon.
| When OFFICIAL announcement was
made tonight that the Constantine
year pentecostal celebration was
postponed indefinitely, Cardinal Mer-
ry del Val said that the papal physi-
clans, Professor Marchiafava and
4 DR.. Andrea Amici, said that the holy
! father would not be able to officiate
"for months This greatly encour
aged the watchers about the vatican
and church people throughout Rome.
as 1t was taken to mean that the vati-
can at least had reason to hope that
his holiness will recover. For four
days the pontiff has been without
fever and when he first began to get
better Prof Marchiafava said that II
he went five days without fever he
would be safely convalescent.
At the same time the doctors have
not reiaxed their vigilance and the
vatican house does not admit that all
danger is past While the pope's kid
neys, lungs and bronchial tubes are
much better and there Is no fever,
his heart requires hourly stimulation
in the form of hypoderInic injections
and he gains little strength.
The way in which he persistently
/ ignored the physicians commands
makes another and fatal relapse not
impossible.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-20
LAND GOBBL|NG
BY M0NG0L|ANS
President Wilson Sends Message to
Governor OF California Telling
Him to be Care
full.
THE STATE AND NAT1oE
State Rights Are Paramount But the
Federal Government Can Al
ways Act az
Advisor.

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WASHINGTON, April 19.-Any dec
slaration In the proposed California
anti-land owning legislation. which de-
clared against "aliens ineligibile-citi.
zenship" will be fought bitterly by
President Wilson.
The president is perfectly willing
that California should enact such
laws as the majority of its legislature
deems necessary to protest its citi-
zens. But he Is unalterably opposed
to any attempt to inject race issue
into the matter.
BY direction OF the president, Sec
retary OF State Bryan telegraphed
Governor Johnson today He appeal
ed to the governor to insist that the
legislature leave out Of any bills that
may come up for consideration the
phrase Ineligible for citizenship"
This mandate will be adhered to, ac.
cording to unof1cial advices received
at the white house tonight. The
laws as finally passed will simply re-
fuse to aliens the right to own or
lease land for more than limited
period.
The president has endorsed the bill
as amended by the senate Of Califor-
MIA, which limited land ownership and
leases to citizens and those who
have declared their inten ions OF be
coming citizens. p@ss.--g-,.s>--e.--7--
That is as far as he believes the
state should go. He Is opposed to the
bill which would put a head tax on
Japanese fishermen. But if the bill
is amended SO that It will provide q
tax on Americans of a nominal
amount, and real serious tax on all
4 foreigners, whether Mongolians or
otherwise, he believes that he can
4 not enter any objections.
/ President Wilson again tonight
made it very plain that he does not
believe that the federal government
1 can interfere with state legislation
Returning from forty mile drive in.
to the country, he called Secretary OF
State Bryan on the telephone and
/ told him that 1t was necessary that
I the state department keep In touch
I with the Pacific coast at all times. BE
4 told the secretary that the tone Of his
/ telegram to Governor Johnson ou.lin
| ing the administration views OF what
could be done and what could not be
done met the situation. In this tele
gram Bryan said:
4The president directs me to say
4 that while he fully recognizes the
right OF the people of California te
1egislate according to their judgmen
on the subject of land tenure, he feels
4 It his duty to urge a recognition q
the international character of sucf
legislation. Being anxious to pre-
serve and strengthen the long stand
Ing friendly relations between this
country and the nations of the Orient
he very respectfully but most earnest
ly advises against the words ineli
gible to citizenship
@He asks that you bring this view
tn the attention Of the legislators Ht
believes the senate bill as telegraph
ed to the department of state is great
ly to be preferred. That bill limited
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BURNED TO DEATH
In Mid AIR
Passenger With Aviator Gre
mated in Sight of Thous-
ands Of Spectators.

runited Press Leased Wire Service !
TURIN, April 19.--M. Gallo, a pas
senger carried by the Russian aviator
Slavorosoff, this afternoon was burn
ed to death in mid-air before the eyes
of thousands of spectators, when the
engine OF the aeroplane exploded.
Slavorosoff. with the wrecked ma
chine and the charred body of Gallo.
fell to the ground and was so seri-
ously injured that he was rushed to
hospital where il was said he might
not recover.
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No CANS MILLIONS ARE
| HANDED down TO OTHERS

Morgan households and institutions
are provided for literally, the largest
OF such gifts, $4,000, going to Miss
Belle Da Costa Green, his librarian.
Chas. w King, his private secretary,
received $4,000. The housekeepers
of all the Morgan houses here and in
England are given annual incomes OF
Sl,250 and every servant who has been
employed for five years or more gets
$1,000 cash. A special bequest Of
$4,000 to his personal valet.
Much interest centered about the
disposition OF the magnificent Morgan
art collections. The financier states
in his will that he had hoped to live
long enough to devise some plan by
which these great collections could be
given permanently to the use Of the
American people but having been un-
able to find the time to make such
disposition OF this portion of his
estate he leaves it absolutely to his
son. He expresses the wish, how
ever, that his son will be able to con-
summate the plans he had started to
make these collections available to
the people forever.
Only few of the many charities
aided by the late financier are men
toned in the will. There is clause.
however, directing the executors to
continue the payments to individuals
and institutions he was In the habit
OF aiding. The lying-in hospital in
New York, which was built by Morg-
an. Is specially mentioned, his son
being directed to see that the institu-
tion continues to receive It's regular
support Another hospital, the House
of Rest for Consumptives, is given
| s1o0,o00 to be named the Amelia
Sturges Morgan Memorial In honor
of his first wife.
The executors are requested to give
art objects as suitable souvenirs and
mementoes to his close friends. His
| old yachting companions, privately
known as the "Corsair Club are to
receive appropriate pieces Of silver
valued at $1,000 each, to be designed
and engraved under the direction OF
1.-THE execuf6rs The yacht Corsair
goes to the SON. The will discloses
that there exists an underground pas
sage way leading from the late inan.
cier's Madison avenue residence to an
alley opening on the next street north
i In one respect the document is thN
most remarkable ever left by great
financier. His opening sentences
showed his complete belief that there
was nothing In his life that had moi
been cleansed from his soul, and that
.'it would be presented faultless to the
/ throne of the Heavenly Father
His religious beQuests include $3.50,
900, the income from which is to &c
to the support of the ministry of st
Georges church and 100000 for New
York missions.
The will was witnessed by John G
Milburn, Edna M. Blackmar and Lewis
A Cass Ledyard and the witnesses te
the codicil were Joseph H. Choate
Elbert Fl. Gary and Lewis Cass Led
ward. all Of New York City. 1t was
expected that the will will be probat
ed here Monday.
W
Provisions Of the viii.
! The will of the late ]. Pierpon1
{ Morgan. made public this evening, be
gins as follows:
i Il, John Pierpont Morgan, of th'
city. county and state of New York
do hereby make public and declare
this my last will and testament II
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BlRDMAN BSODEE
CRUSHED TO DEATH
Aviator Leaves a Widow and
Three Infants After His
Last Flight in Air.

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CHICAGO, April 19.-Stricken with
grief, the young wife OF Otto w.
Brodie, noted birdman who fell TO his
DEATH today, sat beside the casket
that held his crushed body tonight,
surrounded by three fatherless in.
fants who tugged at her skirts, I'M
able to understand the tragedy
"He promised me he would be care
ful--but OIL was always afraid,
moaned the girl-widow.
Brodie was nephew of Steve
Brodie, famous BROOKLYN bridge jump,
er.
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