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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21
CHRIST'S VOICE
FROM RABBITS MOUTH
Jewish clergyman,s Part was the
Feature of the Religious
Play.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
SAN FRANCISCO, Galif., Sept. 20.
With Rabbi Jacob Nieso Of Congre-
cation Sheriff. 1sraeal, still playing
what he speaks of as the role of the
Christ voice" the run of Maurice Mas
terlinck's Mary Magdalene,' closed
here tonight after a series of perform
ances to the success of which critics
agreed no other one thing contributed
SO largely as the Jewish clergyman's 5
the christian faith. The act of Mary
Magdalene depicts the fallen woman
of Bethany surrounded by regal mag
nifcence, suddenly awakened to a
realization of her sin by the preacn-
ings of the carpenter of Nazareth
whose voice can be heard beyond the
walls of her villa. 1t was the role of
the Christ voice which Rabbi Nieto
undertook Standing unseen in the
wings of the Tivoli theatre he filled the
entire house with his sonorous tones,
as he recited the first eleven verses
of the Sermon on the Mount.
Shouts, curses and volley OF
stones greet the voice, which is heard
moment later proclaiming:
BLESSED are the poor in spirit for
theirs is the kinedom of heaven"
81 was not taking any particular
theological stand in assuming the
role" said Rabbi Nieto, "nor did 1t
commit me to any new views. The
lines spoke from the Ttvoli wings
are a part of Jewish history. When
was asked to take the role could
see no reason against accepting
The rabbi expressed the opinion
that Christ's persecution was the re-
suit Of what he termed political diff
ference.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21
E|lA PRIEST Of DEATH
| 10 RESIST ELECTRIC CHAIR.

did not see him again for month"
Asked why 1t was that he and Schmidt
were intimate friends again In Sep
tember, he refused to reply. He be-
came greatly agitated and the inter-
view ended.
Muret gave out a written statement
as follows Il am afraid you and
your readers will be utterly disap-
pointed after having their morbidity
satisfied in every respect by, at least
SO far as am concerned, untrue
statements and by this judge that
the rest is untrue. The story OF my
life is the very simple and uninter-
esting affair Of man who can look
back to long view of honest and well
to do ancestors. MY father was par
alyzed for fifteen years and died when
II was nineteen. leaving to my care a
mother full OF love to me, but without
funds. The coming January she will
be seventy years old. My life conse.
quently has been very hard one
Work and study, study and work
were the only things ever knew all
my life and have made me old and
serious beyond my time. What super
fuous funds had, went to my moth
er. Little enough could help hel
with, but / did what I could. The
police who are searching my record
will know this and after all the blum
ders they have made and will make
the charge laid against me no matter
what 1t is, will be rescinded and m.
Ihetlth ruined and probably forever.
yours truly,
| ERNEST MURET."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21
SHE CHOSE SUICIDE TO
WORK AT STARVATION WAGES

sweat shop, went supperless and came
through cold, drizzling rain to drop
little boquets upon the coffin. Several
employees of the Western Electric Co.,
friends of the young suicides II year
old brother We're there, too. They had
"chipped in" to buy the casket and
pay the funeral expenses.
Victor the seventeen year old
brother, and twelve year old Georga
Peterson viii be the only relatives at
the cemetery when the body is laid
away tomorrow zelma's mother has
been an inmate Of the Kankakee state
hospital for insane for three years
Her father died when she was child
she had a pretty tough time OF
IT," said one of the girls who is one
OF the employees You couldn't Blame
her muph, could you mister"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21
YearnIna for Vacation.

rJJnited Prass Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2o.-House
members are yearning for vacation.
Democratic Leader Underwood said
tonight that efforts would be mode by
leaders at both ends of the capitol to
arrange lengthy recess Of the house
next week after the adoption OF the
conference report of the tariff bill bv
both branches The democratic lead
er stated positively tonight that no
other important LEGISLATION was plan,
ned by the house during the present
session and that the immigration bill
would not be taken UP before next
winter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21
KEoKUK, IOWA, SUNDAY, SEPT. q, 1913
UNDER
STARRY FLAG
Philippine Island Natives
Make Regular Practice Of
Selling Slaves.

UNITED IS Leased Wire Seryice.1
Was z GTON, Sept. 20.-Drastic
legisls at the earliest possible
time s ipe out slavery in the Philip
pine = nds will be demanded by SEN
alto = rah as the result today of de-
ia, .harges lodged with the war de-
parr.sent that conditions paralleling
the brutality of ancient barbarism
exist, AS result OF a senate resolu-
tion by Borah the insular bureau today
received voluminous report from w.
NJ, Phipps, auditor for the islands.
which substantlated in detail the previ-
ous charges made by Dean G. Worces-
ter, secretary of the Philippine COM
mission.
"The revelations are most astound-
ing and demand legislation to remedy
conditions" said Borah tonigN. 81 in
tend to introduce bill to abolish slav-
cry in the islands. This government
should not tolerate slavery although
thus far the matter has been left prin-
cipally with the Philippine authori-
| ties"
That toddling children, girls and
boys, male and female adults are sold
to the highest bidders by native deal
ers, Is stated in the report. Phipps as
serted that fathers make common
practice Of selling their daughters for
marriage or for a life Of shame. He
gave a long list of slave owners, EN-
bracing nearly every island of the
Philippine group. The practice, the
report declared, is as much in vogue
| on the civilized island of Luzon as
1 among the tribes Of Jolo. Slave
prices range from $50 for children te
4 $50 for half grown boys and girls ant
500 for adults
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21
AN WALK BACK TO MEXICO
is THE ADVICE OF BRYAN

Transportation to Nogales, Ariz., has
been given, however. to about fifteen
men who have expressed the intention
OF going overland from there to their
abandoned homes near Guaymas,
The message received from Secre-
tary Bryan said; This government
will not pay return transportation for
any one to Mexico" The remaining
refugees here expressed their indig,
nation over the orders which brought
them from their business and homes,
and which, they say, have mace them
objects OF charity when they had bsen
living in plenty in the fertile Yaaui
valley
Red cross workers are preparing to
receive several hundred refugees who
are reported enroute here en- the army
transport BuforA-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21
Fellow Workers Went Without
Supper to Pay for Casket
and Flowers.

UNITED Press Leased Wire service.l
CHICAGO, Sept 90, The body of
nineteen year old Zelma Peterson,
whose last words were: Doctor. did
you ever live for six months on twen-
ty cent meals?' lies in a simple cas-
ket In Holmquists undertaking
morgue tonight, awaiting burial to-
morrow in Forest Grove cemetery. A
dozen girls, all in their teens, who
'ahnred beside the lonely girl IN a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21
MINISTER ELOPED
WITH 0RGAN|ST
',
Little City is ALI Worked up
Over Departure Of Pastor
and Contractors Hand
some Wife.
MASS MEETING IS HELD
Whereabouts Of Couple Is Unknown
and County Attorney Appealed to
to Probe tho
Case.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
PARSONS, Kans., Sept. 20.-The al
legged suicide OF a minister's wife and
the sudden and complete disappear
ance Of the minister and the absence
of the beautiful wife OF business man
who was the church organist, has
caused a sensation at Edna, twenty
miles south of here, and the citizens
have held a mass meeting and sent
a committee to confer with the coun-
ty attorney to urge him to investigate
the case.
On Sunday, June 30, Mrs. c. b. Lit
tleton. wife of the pastor of the local
Methodist church, was found dead in
her bedroom by her husband, the body
being suspended from coat hook
a silk scarf Mrs. Liddleton had been
in i'll health.
The coroner's jury returned ver-
dict of suicide, but within week
there was talk because of the many
calls paid by the widowed pastor up
on Mrs Blanche Long, the church
organist, and wife of a prominent con-
tractor. A church meeting was called
and discussed these visits, many de-
imanding the resignation of the min
| ister
| On August 81, Mrs. Long told her
daughter she had received message
from Winfield, saying there was sick
mess In her sisters family and Rev
Mr.. Littleton accompanied her to the
train when she left A week before
Rev Mr.. Littleton was informed by
/ his bishop that he had been trans
| ferred to Circle City and he soon dis
posed of his household goods and
sent his four children to Eureka
Springs, Ark Two days after Mrs
Longs departure, Rev Mr.. Littleton
left He said he was going to Circle
/ City to take UP his new duties but
railroad officials say he bought a
ticket to Pittsburgh, Kan. and check
ed his baggage to Kansas City He
did not appear at Circle City and nc
one here knows where he went.
Neither did Mrs Long arrive at the
home of her sister at Winfield and
her husband has been unable to trace
her
/ So insistent We're the citizens thai
an investigation be made that Mayor
i w. W. Holland called a mass meet
ling and a committee composed of c
Epage, George Kinnicll, and DR.. +. 7
Hamilton, was appointed to confer
with County Attorney Cranston. This
committee accompanied by Howard
5jIong, husband of the missing woman
came here and talked with Cranstor
( who tonight promised to go to Edna
L and probe the case Monday.
4 Rev. Mr. LittletoD is forty-one
years old and was popular until short
.Ily before his wife died He was active
4 in all public affairs.
i Mrs. Long is thirty and unusually
attractive. She is talented music
ian.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21
Stole for Shabby Sweetheart.

limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
CHICAGO, Sept. 20. Pretty sixteen
year old Eve Parker confessed to the
police tonight that she entered a
mans room and stole a $50 suit Of
clothes, because she wanted her six
teen year old sweetheart, Clarence
Collins, ito look swell like other fel-
lows 'Ie was out Of icb and his
clothes cot to looking tough explain
ed the girl. Il don't mind being ar
rested but he kicked because the suit
was too small for him"
The unchivalrous Clarence who d..
MED that he was a partner In the
theft was locked up with the girl.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21
Former Friends Desert Him
Like Rats Leaving a Sinking
Ship and Now Fawn Over
Governor Glynn.
WRINKLES IN HIS FACE
Impeached Governor Has Aged
Perceptibly in Past Few
Days But is Determined
to Fight On.
by John Edwin Nevin, STAFF cores
nnndnnt Of the. I1nitad r,,.osa


pondent of the United Press.[
ALBANY, N. Y, Sept 20~-In the
big barn like study of the Peoples
house" William Sulzer, elected gov
ernor of New York, and his devoted
wife remained alone tonight. The
man, whose boast, proudly proclaimed
for a quarter of century, was that
he remained poor after continuous of
fee holding was tonight well-nigh
broken hearted. His state of mind
was not due entirely to the fact that
his battle for his reputation and his
official life seemed to be going away
from him The blow that stung worse
than the lash on naked flesh was the
desertion of men for whom he had
risked much and done more.
On the advise of counsel, Sulzer
surrendered to Lieutenant Governor
Martin H. Glynn some of the powers
ink was dry on the letter Of notifca-
tion the many Office holders who had
fawned on Sulzer in the past had,
4 like rats deserving a sinking ship
4 rushed to make their peace with
aGlynn. They cared more for the jobs
than for the man who originally hon.
tored them and who now needed their
/ backing and friendship as never be.
4 fore In his lone nnblic career. One
! the most prominent remarked as
he Ioft ~; =.
I'VE can tell Bill we needed the mon.
ey if he should win out and he will
believe u.s."
! William SuIzer has aged perceptibly
in the last month. The lines that
4 have always marked his face are now
j scared there as though by a hot iron
There is a droop to the corners Of hfs
mouth and strange look in his gray
ish blue eyes. But he insisted tonight
that he was not weakening In the
4 fight. Forbidden by his attorneys tc
receive even his life long friends
Il the newspaper world, because they
feared he might make some wild ac
cusation that would hurt his case
Sulzer through messenger breathed
a defiance to Tammany and Boss
Chas. Murphy. He denounced as
"damnable lies" the report that he
was seeking to make his peace with
i Tammany. He denied in the most
emphatic manner that he contemplat
ed resigning TO save himself from be
ing found guilty of crimes alleged
against him and forever disqualified
from holding Office of public trust
under the great empire state.
MIR. Sulzer says that he will fight
this damnable plot to destroy him te
I the bitter end said his representa-
!. tive. There will be no compromise
. Cady Herrick and the lawyers who
are defending Sulzer have eliminated
his personality as factor In the
struggle. They make no effort tc
conceal the fact that they care nothins
for Sulzer. They say they are fight
ing for the constitution to prevent the
elimination of any public official with
tout due process of law. The method:
of Tammany in tmpeaching Sulzer
they say. were high handed in the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21
Routed with Ink Bottle.

[ United press Leased Wire Service.l
g CHICAGO. Sept. 20 Hurting a
bottle of ink at the tallest of the pair,
Harry Bronteck, cashier for the Car
ter Coal company. routed two masked
bandits who ordered him to throw up
his hands while he was counting 5000
in cash late today. The bottle caught
the robber in the forehead and splatter-
ed him with ink and fragments OF
glass. His companion fred twice at
Bronteck and the two Jumped into a
covered automobile and escaped.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21

limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, Sept. 90
Maury ]. Diggs and F. Drew Caminetti
recently sentenced to Imprisonment
for violation of the Mann white slave
act in transporting Marsha Warr'ng-
ton and Lola Norris to Reno for I'M
moral purposes, have decided definite
ly to take their cases to the federal
court OF appeals. 1t was stated tonight.
They expect to have their appeals per-
fected before September 27, the date
set for their commitment to prison.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21
Miles as Candidate.

lITnited Press Leased Wire Service.
FITzBURG. Mass. Sept 2o.-Gen-
eral Miles, retired. will be candidate
for congress at the special election to
fll the vacancy caused by the death
of Congressman Wilder General
Miles announced his candidacy today
for election on the republican ticket.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21
|ans Schmidt Changes His
Mind About Wishing to Pay
the Penalty for Muir
der Of Girl.
|ANNoT FIND HER HEAD
[antic Search for Missing Part
Of the Body, Necessary to
| Complete Case Against
the Man.

Enited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-F><rful that
! conviction of Hans SchlJidt, the
igh priest of death" for his con-
Esed murder of Anna Aumueller
ii be difficult or impossible un-
the headless corpse is posi-
civ identified, the police here
hight engaged in desperate hunt
the head OF the dead girl. A new
rms Of searchers we're working along
Hudson river in the hope of es-
blishing the corpus deficit by discov-
Inc the head which Schmidt de-
Sred he threw into the river with the
her parts of the body. In addition
the head hunt, Inspector Faurots
tectives were searching for evidence
long commuters on the Fort Lee
ry who may possibly identity
hmidt as man who on September
md September threw into the riv-
bundles containing parts OF the
mueller girls body.
h'he remarkable changes OF attitude
Schmidt during the last two days,
wever, have disquieted the police
eatly and it is now admitted that
hmidtls proven lies have been so
bny that there is more than q pos
bility that the missing head has
en- burned or otherwise dispose OF
BIT the chance OF its ever being found
slight. The police uneasily believe
It realization of this hts come to
hmidt and today caused his an
nnced determination to fight to the
against death In the chair. Their
|quiet was still further Increased to-
when Schmidt again changing his
(tics, refused longer to spin stories
murders and maintained a strict
ence In his cell In the tombs. Even
messages he had been writing on
backs OF cards to reporters were
used and he would not receive OF
wer communications Of any sort.
'ut II Schmidt was reticent, his al
led partner, DR.. Ernest Muret, was
interviewed in the tombs, though
dently badly frightened, he attempt
freely to explain his connection
. the high priest OF death" and al
talked Of his residence in London
dentist flatly denied he was con
iea IN the white slave traffic in
laon and explained different aliases
" which he passed there as being
Fssary In business as notary
Wng, necessary he refused to say
q denied the police contention
large quantity Of special bono
er lonad in his rooms here was Il
peell used in the counterfeitins
dtiohs IN which he and Schmid
engaged. He declared the papel
ordinary writing paper. Mr<e
ac'erlzed Inspector Faurot's belle
ne and Schmidt were relative,
0anK- y never even knew Faith
ecainldt In Germany" said Muret
'ay Knew him ten months In all.
..oueh with him last August be
ue began to talk crazy. Our fin
'alie Z, when Father Schmidt said t,
lsei inspired by st. Elizabeth t,
"a, thinss and J am going to d,
I, re had Wild look in his ey,
~ eol on my nerves. remon
'su with him. We quarreled an,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21
Eugees Who Came Here at
T Aequest Are to be Given
No More Help.

N ~ press Leased are Service j
IS DIEGO, Calf, Sept. 2o.--In
compliance with telegraphed or
, 'seeiyed ,S. from Secretary Bryan
r,.. ae San Diego chapter of the
/ aa ~ ned Cross society has re.
49, furnished transportation back
~ Tor refugees who left that
ra,,, un tae cruiser Buffalo al the
q The state department.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21

Prince Likes 1t.
CODY, wyo., Sept. 90 Prince Al
bert of Monaco, host to hunt wild
game with Buffalo Bill, said he would
like to be mayor of Cody.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21
THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Sept 2o.-Weather
forecast
Illinois: Fair and codi Sunday, with
brisk northwest to north winds.
Iowa: Fair, slightly warmer Sun
day, with diminishing north winds.
Missouri: Fair and cooler Sunday;
Monay fair, warmer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21
Local Observations.

Rainfall for the past "a hours, so.
River above low water of 1864, is.
Mean temperature, 81
Highest temperature, 81
Lowest temperature, As.
Lowest temperature Friday night, 40
FRED 2. GOSEwIScH.
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21

tcontlnued on page %
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-21

Fng
| lrround
with
shosn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-06
ELECT PRESIDENTS
OF NORMAL SCHOOLS
Board Meets Monday in the
Governors Office-Name
Faculties Later

Montgomery, May 5.-(SpeciaL )-Presi-
dents of the>six normal schools of Ala
bama will be elected at the annual meet
ing of the state normal school board on
next Monday, May -. The annual meet
ing of the board will be held at noon in
the office of Governor O'Neal, and owing
to the Importance of the meeting it is
expected that all of the members of the
board will be present
None of the normal school presidents
will attend the meeting, though they will
all probably be at the capitol for the pui-
pose of furnishing any Information rela-
tive TO their schools, which the board may
require.
Following the election of the presidents
OF the normal schools, the board will ap-
point day for another meeting. at which
time the faculties of the schools will be
selected. Nominations of teachers will be
made by the normal school presidents
The members of the state normal school
board are: Governor O'Neal and Superin-
tendent of Education Henry j. willing
ham, ex-officio members; James B.
Weakley of Birmingham, w. w. Laven-
der of Bibb county, Capt. Will 7. Shee-
han of Montgomery, Charles S. Mellow
dell, Jr., of Eufaula; r. b. Evins CT
Greensboro. and John D. McNeel OF
Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-06
GOV. O'NEAL GOES
TO WASHINGTON
Will Attend Meeting of Ad-
visory Board of Navy
League of America

Montgomery, May ESPECIAL )-Gover-
nor ONeal left on the o'clock train to-
night for Washington, where he goes TO
attend a meeting of the advisory board
of the Navy League of America, of which
association he is a member. The board
is composed of five members, several of
whom are high ranking army officers.
The purpose of the meeting is to consider
the passage of a bill which has been in
troduced in Congress looking to greater
efficiency in the army and navy and TO
certain changes In the system of promo
ton.
The board will call upon President Will
son and urge him to recommend the pas
sage of the bill. Governor O'Neal was
apprised several weeks ago of his cleo
ton as a member of the board, though at
that time he did not know whether he
would be able to attend the meeting.
The chief executive intends to return
to Montgomery as soon as the business of
the naval board has been completed.
He indicated this afternoon that ne
far as known the governor will take no
part In advancing or promoting the claims
of any candidates for office while in
Washington
The governor will see the President on
the business which calls him to Washing
ton, visit certain members of the Ala
bama delegation in Congress, and return
Immediately thereafter to Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-06
THE COUNTRY CLUB
ELECTION TODAY
Understood That Maj. E. M,
Tutwiler Will Again
Head Club

The annual election of the Country club
win be held at the clubhouse next Monday
night, announcement being made yester-
day to that effect. The election this
year will be of unusual interest, as long
precedent of the club will be broken. The
club has an unwrtten law that no pres
ident shall serve for two terms. This
law has been inviolate for years. How
ever, 1t is understood Maj. Edward NJ.
Tutwiler. who is president now, will be
reelected at the meeting Monday This
unusual honor upon Major Tutwiler is
a matter of keen interest among clubmen
i'm Birmingham. In addition to the re-
election of Major Tutwiler the members,
It. Is said, will re-eect e. II. Cabaniss
to the position of vice president, This
will be done in order that Mr.. Cabaniss
will be in line for election president
when Major Tutwiler retires IL months
from next Monday. The board of gov
ernors will be composed of prominent men
from the club who will succeed three gov
ernors that will retire.