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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-12
~. MedllI Mccormick Says It Is an
Epoch Marker and the No
mon Feel the Re
sponslbllity.
|crLEBRATE TOMORROW
s,uuue. on Friday, the Thirteenth to
which Members Of Legislature
and Press Have Been
Invited.

f,Inited Press Leased Wire Service.l |
SPRINGFIELD, HI, June 12.-The
victory of votes for women" in the
Illinois assembly was hailed today as
epoch making by Mrs. Medill McCor-
mick one OF the active lobbyists for
the bill.
Today she was busy with plans for
the "loye feast" for the assembly
members and the press for the night
Of Friday of 18th. No hoodoo can af-
fact them now they say.
Mrs. Mccormick, daughter of Mark
Hanna, who has been actively asso-H
.iated with social welfare work in the
east and in Chicago, was the founder
Of a home for working girls in Wash
jngton and was associated with Mrs.
Wm. Howard Taft and Mss Anne
Morgan in founding the womans'
branch Of the National Civic Fedora
ton. She turned naturally to woman
suffrage as the next work for her
hands. She prepared a statement to-
day for tho Unltcu PresS.
[By Mrs. Mediil Mccormick. written
for the United Press]
The action of the Illinois legislature
]. in granting woman suffrage is epoch
making for 1t IS the first state east
Of the Mississippi to take that action.
1t gives women the vote for presiden-
tial electors as well as all municipal
Offices. The women now feel the tre-
mendous responsibility put upon them
by the granting OF this vote and we
know that the eyes of all the eastern
states will be cast in our direction.
Our success is OF vital Importance
+ the suffrage cause. To meet the
responsibility, the women of Illinois
have made detailed plans and will
put them into immediate operation.
Plans not only along the questions
Of today but along all lines of civic
hetterment. 1t is in this field that
4 women are now ready to do the most
effective work for municipal regula.
ton 1t is housekeeping on a large
scale.
Almost fifty women have been
lobbying for suffrage bill before
the legislature. The practice has
been to pass the buck from senate
70 house and to meet all arguments
with laughter and shrugs of the shoul
Ger intimating that the subject was
100 ludicrous even to discuss. This
year, however. there has been an en-
trely different attitude maintained By
the members of the legislature. The wo
mans lobby, consisting of Mrs. Grace
Wilber Trout, Mrs. Sherman Boott
and Mrs, Antonette Funk, has me-
With nothing but serious consideration
anu courtesy. am quoting the lobby
accurately when say they have no
mad single pledge broken by any
member Of the senate or house which
is a record I am proud to accord t
the Illinois legislature.
When the vote was counted W.
loand that our support came from al
parties In good proportion. And whel
me light on the floor was made by OF
enemies 1t was from all parts of tn
mouse that men sprang to their fee
% defend our interests along parlia
mentary lines, for this was the onl,
Slnd of protests our enemies wer
able to make.
IN answer to the statement mad
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-12
Escaped Last Fall and Was Caught at
Daylight In Cabin Where He
Was Living With His
Wife.
DIVIDE FATAL REVOLVER DUEL
Dying Man Managed to Put Three
Bullets Into Criminal Before
He Fell over and
Died.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CANON CITY, Colo, June 12.--In
desperate encounter with an escaped
convict, Conley Baldwin, near La veta,
seventy miles from here at day light
today, John B. Russell, captain at the
Colorado penitentiary here was shot
to death. Before he dropped from his
wound, Russell succeeded in drawing
his own revolver and shooting Bald
win three times. The convict will
probably die. Baldwin escaped from
the penitentiary last November ard
has been at large ever since. Last
night the prison authorities located
him near La veta, in small cabin
and Captain Russell was sent to ar
rest him Accompanied by the marsh
al of La Veta and his deputy, Russell
went to Baldwin's cabin at day break
today
Baldwin's wife tried to bar the
door when Russell forced it open
and demanded that Baldwin surrender.
Baldwin fired one shot, the bullet
striking Russell in the left shoulder
and ranging downward into the heart
Russell threw his left arm about a
companion who supported Russell
while he fired three times, inflictins
mortal wounds on Baldwin. He ther
staggered outside the cabin and fel
4 dead.
/ Russell had been married only /;
month. Baldwin is member of TIL
notorious Baldwin family, five o
4 whose members are under penitentiar
4 sentences here. They are John, Con
ley Robert, Harold and William
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-12
Sultan of Jolo Refuses to Rec
ognize Authority of the
United States.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
MANILA, June 12.--The expected
Dattle between Brigadier General
pershing's men and the rebellious
Moros under the sultan of Jolo occur
red today at Bagsag and six Ameri-
cans were killed. Twelve Moros were
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-12
CUT THROATS OF
HER THREE BABIES
Sick Mother Who Feared In
sanity Killed Children
and Herself.

IUnited Press Leased Wire Service.1
FON DU LAC, Wis, June 12.-Fol-
lowing the decision by the district at
torney that an inquest is unnecessary
Nicholas Schneider, a prosperous
farmer near here, today, sadly prepar-
ed for the burial of his wife, and his
three babies slain by their mother be-
cause she feared she was going in
sane.
welding a razor with unerring skill
Mrs Mary Schneider almost severed
from their bodies the heads of her
1 three babies and then cut her own
| throat
! The tragedy occurred late Wednes
day.
The dead:
MRS. MARY SCHNEIDER. the mo-
4 ther.
JOHN SCHNEIDER. five.
4 NORBERT SCHNEIDER, three.
FLORENCE SCHNEIDER, two
Mrs Schneider had been i'll for sew
eral weeks and several times ex-
pressed the fear that she would be-
come insane and be separated from
the family. When Schneider left the
house to work in the fields, she seem
ed unusually cheerful. The same state
v of mind was noted by her sister-fn
law who called on her in the after
noon. The sister, Miss Ida Schneid
err stepped out of the house fer few
minutes and upon returning the trag
edy had been enacted. Mrs. Schneid
er was still breathing but unconscious
All of the tots We're dead. Miss
Schneider rang the alarm bell callini
her brother from the field. When HI
discovered the bodies he was pros
trated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-12
Worlds Submarine Record is
Broken by J. M. Case, In
ventor Of New Boat.

limited Press Leased Wire service.l
LONG BEACH, Calf, June Ill,
NJ. Case, inventor of the submarine
who broke the words record for time
spent continuously under water today
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-12
An Offer to Trad..

PITTSBURGH, Pa, June 12.It is
reported here that the Pennsylvania
railroad may offer to trade Baltimore
end Ohio and Norfolk and Western
stock for Southern Pacific when the
Union Pacific disposes of the Southern
Pacific. 1t is pointed out that the
Pennsylvania's interest in lines which
are to certain extent competitors.
may lay the road open to purchase
and such trade would relieve both the
Pennsylvania and Union Pacific and
give each road connecting links in
coast to coast line.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-12
objects to Both Plans.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, June 12-Both
plans offered by the Union Pacific
railroad for the release of the South.
ern Pacific railroad stock from con-
troll of former stockholders met with
fundamental objections from q. S.
Attorney General ]. G. McReynolds
when he appeared before Judges w.
H. Sanborn, w. C. Hook and W. 1.
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-22
A World Wide Issue.

Whether the elective franchise is I
right" or privilege" or "duty'
or menace or only a nuisance
question over which political philos.
ophers and others continually wrangle =
the struggle for it or for its extension
is one OF the vivid phenomena through
out the civilized and perhaps in some OF
the unciyilized parts OF the world to-
day.
In the United States many women are
demanding the right to vote. In Eng
hand they are quite impatient about Il.
And in England also the demand for
universal manhood suffrage-and only
one vote for each mans getting loud
er and louder. Across the channel, IN
France, the government has just been
defeated on suffrage question: qucs-
ton of proportional representation 80
involved and intricate that no one bb6
a French politician or lawyer could ever
il.
In Belgium the issue is much palmer.
If a Belgian is father he may vote
twice. If he also has little money he
may vote three times. II he has much
money he may vote still oftener Nat
mally many Belgians have no vote Of
all. and IN order to get il a general la
Dor strike has been called for April IL
unless the government should immedi
ately grant electoral reform and abolish
plural voting.
In Germany the Conservative forces
retain their hold on power by refusing
o redistrict the empire and to allow
m increase Of representatives in the
Reichstag from the great centers Of pop
ilation. This refusal j. constant irfi
ant in German politics In Austria
hungary some phase Of the suffrage
question causes continual eruptions and
EXPLOSIONS. In Russia suffrage Is more
" less OF an illusion. although the Rus
aans Dc 90 through the motions 81
lecting Duma. In Italy the elective
ranchise has recently been extended,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-22
A FARMING PREJUDICE

Experience is valuable teacher; but
1t has no monopoly on the means OF
instruction, else schools would be of lit
tie avail. Therefore, the forty per cent.
Of the farmers of the United States.
who turn up their noses at the efforts
of the government, national and state.
together with the state agricultural col
leges, to aid them in getting more out
of the soil than they have been get
ting. should forsake their prejudice and
give the teachers a chance to tell them
something, since il is costing them moth
ing except that which they paw in the
aggregate for the maintenance Of gov
eminent and the agricultural schools.
Ii Is this very prejudice which is keep
ing back much Of the agricultural prog
ress that Is waiting to envelop the na
tion--the feeling that neW-fanglsd ways
are but the Development Of kid-glove
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-22

The horn OF the unicorn was reputed
Instantly to reveal poison In dish by
sweating blood. and great was the RI
valry as to the possession of the finest
specimen while this belief still tiour.
ished Charles the Bold proudly pa
raded six. two of them eight feet long.
two six feet. two five feet. According
to Renvenuto CellIni. ''the finest ever
seen. which had cost 1900 dncats OF
the Camera" was the one for which
at the pope's command he mYde de-
sign. "the finest thing imaginable. mod
eled half on horse and half on a
stag. with very fine name and other
adornments. Coryat speaks of the
one Mt st. Denis as about three yards
long. and Windsor had two of four
ellis The real unicorn" In many
cases seems to have been the nnrwhal.
London Chronicle.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-22
For a Budget System.

| In some respects the Wilson policies
differ, and will continue to differ, from
those OF the Taft administration, but
there is one important governmental
matter on which the new president is
in complete accord with his predecessor.
President Wilson reaffirms with empta-
sis the plea for budget system. which
Mr.. Taft urged during his administrs-
tion and especially at its close. The
plea is backed by all the considerations
of sound business sense, and it should
prevail.
There is nothing to be said in behalf
of the present hit-or miss scheme except
that the government has somehow man
aged to get along with it for several
generations. 1t is not tine way any firm
or corporation or individual can do bus
mess successfully, and it is an expensive
and ineffective way for any government,
national, state or local. 1t has dangers
that grow more serious as the business
of the government increases. A change
to budget system, which is system
in fact as well as in name, will not
be difficult to make and it will be a long
step toward reforming many abuses and
many blunders. Let President
Wilson insist on it.-Boston Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-22
CURRENT COMMENT
Industrial Accidents.

Statistics Of past years gathered in
this state, give rise to the belief that
there will be fully 5000 deaths in in
dustrial accidents in this state this
year. Upon this basis the members Of
the state industrial accident board have
pleaded for clear field without inter-
ference in the working ont Of the ques-
ton of the prevention and compensation
OF industrial accidents and Industrial
diseases. Any movement that will pre-
vent fatal accidents, or rather reduce
their number, because OF course it is
among the impossibilities to even hope
that all such can be eliminated. or check
what is known as industrial disease
should receive unbounded public ap-
prevail and assistance. 1t is movement
which is far more valuable to humanity
than many OF the fads and fancies which
are so strenuously advocated at pink
teas under high sounding titles.-Quiney
Ledger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-22

The United States government, through
its secretary of the treasury, advertises
in the st. Johnsbury newspapers for the
sale or donation" of "a corner lot, CEN
trally and conveniently located and suit
able for a federal building site" Here
is chance for some philanthropic per-
son in st. Johnsbury to make himself
solid with the United States govern
ment by granting q warranty deed of
corner lot containing $4,000 square
feet. That donation" invitation from
the government is one of the joke fea-
lures of the usual process of going about
the construction of postofiice building
in a community, but we suppose there
might be rare cases in which some land
owner would be willing to give such
large piece of property outright.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-22
MIGRATION OF WEEDS.
How a Seed Rpened In Asia May Talks
Root In America.


Weeds migrate as well as men. Ac.
cording TO the best authorities. there
are already GOO varieties at least Of
weeds I'm New England that were not
TO be found there when the country
was first settled. Within less than
twenty-five years after the landing of
the pilgrims one observer counted
more than forty new weeds the Euro
peans had brought them.
Nature employs all sorts OF methods
for spreading life about the planet and
does not seem 10 care whether the life
is that OF a weed or of a plant tit for
human use. Indeed. it uses such un-
romantic material as old rubber over
shoes for seed carriers. rs many new
weeds have appeared In a valley in
Connecticut since factory was estab-
lished there that found use for such
cast9ff things
The overShoes come from all parts OF
the world. The cloth lining is torn out
before the rubber Is used. and from the
seeds that have found lodGment in
such an apparently unpromising place
plants have grown on the dump heap.
and their seeds have found fertile soil.
multiplied and fourisbed. What q TO-
nance there is in the life % such a
seed-ripened. perhaps. in Asia. tncd-
Den Ia the mud and carried on board
ship on the feet OF passenger. thence
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-22

the valuation instead of opposition it al
formerly. They believe that it viii
demonstrate the ineofrecsness Of the
popular belief that the railroads are
oyercapitalized This belief il strength
ened BIZ the results of valuations that
have recently been made in several
states Minnesota, Washington and
Massachusetts. In each Of these inves-
legations valuations have exceeded eap-
italizations, and it il not unlikely that
the same result will follow in the coun-
try as a whole. The great increase in
land values, especially in the cities, il
a factor that is bound to help the corn.
panies. But the chief thing is that there
u 50 little interest or apprehension in
a work that was regarded so differently
a few short years ago. Boston Her
aid
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-22
Physical Valuation.

! What will come of the physical val
uation of the railroads upon which The
interstate commerce commission viii
soon enter? When the scheme was first
urged decade or less ago, it was eN-
peeted BY its friends that it would solve
the great railroad problems and do away
with all evils of the transportation sys-
tems-furnish the basis of rate max
ing and reveal the proper capitalization
of each road. The idea was feared and
fought by the railroads. Now there j.
a law providing for such a valuation
of all the lines in the country, and it
passed Congress in the closing days ct
the Taft administration with practical
" no opposition from the railroads or
other source. Its friends expect far les
of il. however, than they did once. aui
those who opposed it bitterly at first
saw nothing worse of il than that II
will be waste Of time and money.
The work will take several years aud
cost both the government and the roads
many millions, and the results will be
at least interesting, even If Of little
practical value The commission is an
thorized to ascertain not only the value
of the land and all Of the physical plant
of the lines. but also the value Of the
franchises and the value Of the going
concerns. This is recognition OF the
fact that numerous other elements than
mere physical value 90 to make mp the
value Of railroad system. and 20 The
proper determination Of it, eapitaliza-
ton and rates. OF course, il will BE- an
important matter whether the commits
sion decides to base the appraisal Of
the land used for lines and terminals on
the original cost or on what il would
oOst to acquire i now.
The Railroad Age Gazette points out /
me reason why the railroads welcoms !
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-22
EVOLUTION OF THE PIANO.
From the First Crude instrument to Ito
Present Perfection

In the beginning the piano was a
harp SHAPED piece of wood. having two
or three strings. From time to time
more strings were added until the
cithara was invented This was an in
strument In the shape of a capital T..
with ten strings stretched across the
open space. Many centuries afterward
musicians conceived the idea OF
stretching strings across an open box.
About the year 1900 this was done. the
dulcimer made its appearance. and the
strings We're struck with hammers.
| For another hundred years or so
these hammers -gere held In the hands,
and then some genius invented key
board, which. being struck by the I'm
gers. caused the hammers to strike the
strings. This was called clayicy-
therium. or keyed cithara. and from
time to time it was modified and Inn
proved.
During Queen Elizabeth's time 1t
was called virginal and then a spinet.
because the hammers were covered
with the spines OF quilts. which struck
and caught the strings and produced
the sound.
During the period between 100 and
1900 1t was much improved and en-
Iarged and was given the name OF
Earpsichord 1t was In ITO that
Bartholomew Christofoll. an Italian. in
vented keyboard similar TO the one
we have now. which causes the ham |
mers to strike the wires from above, !
and thus developed the piano.
During the last century the inventive |
genius of musicians the world over has !
revised and improved II until 1t has
reached the present day perfection
Exchange.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-22
All She Had.

Gould You give me- inquired the
poor woman, "a east-of dress of your
little girls for my little girl. or a pair
Of your little boys shoes for my little
boy?n
Il have no little girl" responded the
rich woman, nor any little hoy. But |
can give You one Of my little dogs
cast-off collars for your little dog" =
Kansas City Journal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-22

Just as in the case of Barre, the peo-
pile of Rutland who ought to be inter.
ested in the erection Of T. NJ &. A
gymnasium are "too busy to engage
in the work, an effort to raise the need
ed money having failed recently. II
Barre had public gymnasium, wheth-
er under X. NJ. G. A. auspices or not,
there would be less cause for complaint
of careless action by boys and young
men on the streets and in the public
buildings Of the city.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-22
Economy.

George Gould said, apropos of an adj.
verse ruling by the commerce court:
If this sort of thing keeps on the rail
roads will have to be as economical as
Conductor JAY.
AS Jay went through the train tax
ing and punching tickets, traveller
said to him.
What becomes of the little pieces
You punch out. conduetor?s
Oh. Jay replied, I have them M
and sell them for confetti Washing
ton Star
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-22

Confidence in banking institutions will
be somewhat strengthened by the an
nouncement that the Greenfield, Mass.
savings bank, which was closed in 1909
by the savings bank commissioner, will
be reopened April /, at which time the
depositors viii be paid their principal,
a three per cent dividend and interest
which has accrued since last November.
There must have been skilful handling
of the institution in behalf of the de-
positors.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-22
JINGLES AND JESTS
Question g. the Hour.

lie does not attend to the speaking
He does not give ear to the some
He heeds not the patriot seeking
The grateful applause Of the throng.
But he plods through collections exten.
siye
OF figures and facts all the day
And murmnrs, In tones apprehensive,
oh, what does the weather man say ~
he utters no word of the tariff,
The currency, too, is forgot.
There's nothing to show he would care II
We met our expenses or not
As Il glorious nation assemblies
In glad, but respectful display,
He signs and his voice slightly trem-
bIes.
"Oh, what does the weather man say?"
Washington Star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-22

State Tax Commissioner Charles A,
Plumley has announced the annual meet
ings of the listers in various counties.
In view Of the changes in Nermont's
tax law by the Vermont legislature,
Commissioner Plumley has his work cut
out for him this year in getting the
new features of the law safely anchored
in the minds of the listers. And, too,
the listers themselves have large meas
ure of responsibility in seeing that the
administration of the law is carried out
with as little friction as possible.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-22

There seems to be quite demand
backed up by the needs of the situation,
that Secretary Of State Bryan get back
on the job in Washington, although
President Wilson has notified him that
he may remain away for the full time
asked when he left Washington for Ne
braska. In taking up the duties of his
new Office, Secretary Of tSate Bryan will
find mass of details which cannot be
mastered offhand. 1t does not seem to
be the proper time for the secretary
to go travelling around the country.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-22

Though their tools are few and crude
the Igorotes are clever workmen. Some
of their axes. spears and shields show
wild art nil their own The pipe
makers. too. turn ont pipes Of peculiar
and graceful design. One day watched
the women working 10 clay and turning
ont kitchen utensils. Two girls car
ried clay from a distant pit. while Old.
er women in the village worked II no.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-22
Only Words.

The agent Then ven consider that is
settled.
The actor-But-er-what about the
contractf
The agent-Oh, that's all right. A
verbal contract II do.
The actor-Laddie, listen The last
time | had verbal contract drew a
verbal salaryl-London Opinion.