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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-29
Five Officers Of international Lumber
and Development Company
Arc Guilty Of
Fraud.
Colonel Stewart OF Mason City Gets
One Year In tho PenItentIary
and ls Fined
$1,000.

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PHILADELPHIA, April 29.-The
five officers Of the International Lum-
Der and Development company, who
were found guilty by jury recently
in the federal court of using the mails
to defraud, were today sentenced by
U. S. District Judge Wilmer
William H. Armstrong, Jr., presi-
dent and general manager, and
Charles M. McMahon, both Of Phila-
delphia, the latter secretary and
treasurer, were sentenced to spend
two years in the penitentiary and
fined $4,000 each. John R. Markley
and Isaiah B. Miller. promoters, both
of Chicago, We're given cue year and
three months and fined ten thousand
dollars, while Colonel A. G. Stewart
of Mason City, Iowa. director and com
missioner, received one year sent
ence and was fined $1,000.
The Ave men we're convicted after
a long trial of being the principal fac
tors In the organization and promotion
of corporation which collected So,
100000 for the alleged purpose Of de
veloping Mexican lands.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-29
Bullets Were Flying When Wealthy
Romeo Attempted to Compel
Pretty Girl to Mar
ry Him.
ONE MAN FROM IOWA WAS INSTANTLY KILLED
Girls Brother Nearly Cut Lovers
Head or With Ono Blow Of
Hatohet and Then
Fled.

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CHICAGO, April 90 Melodrama
gripped Little Italy" early today and
in bloody battle that followed an
attempt at kidnapping by rejected
suitor, one man was killed and an
other is dying at a hospital
The police are searching for Pas
quelle Forte, a young italian, who
with hatchet nearly decapitated
Tony Mariasto, the rejected suitor,
after Mariasto had attempted forced
elopement with pretty Anna Forte,
aged 19, number $40 Polk street.
Frank Alfana, 933 Polk street, an IN
nocent spectator at the scene, is dy-
ing at hospital with bullet in his
left breast.
Mariasto, young italian OF some
wealth that made mothers with eli
gible daughters in Little italy" look
upon him with much favor, wooed
pretty Anna Forte Impetuously. He
was refused.
From information cleaned by the
police 1t appears that Mariasto had Il
council Of war with several young
italians who we're his devoted com
panions Early today he hid himself
In an alley near the Forte home, arm
ed with a revolver and prepared to
accost Anna on. .haraYay to work and
/ force her to marry him.
Pasquillina Forte, mother OF the
young girl, heard Anna scream. She
seized revolver and rushed to the
4 front porch She saw Anna strug
Cling in the arms of Mariasto, while
several young italians stood by and
grinned.
The mother fired several shots
None OF them struck the kidnaper but
Alfana, who was passing, went down
with bullet near his heart
Pasquelle Forte, the girls brother
who was at the breakfast table, rush
ed to his mothers assistance, bran
dishing a hatchet He sprang at Mari
asto as the kidnaper turned to flee
and with one blow almost severad his
/ head. Then before a crowd of excit
ed Italians ventured forth from theil
l doorways. he fed, leaving the bloody
4 hatchet lying across the breast of his
victim
4 Half an hour after the tragedy the
police arrested Pasquelle Forte He
/ proved to be cousin Of the murderer
bearing the same name and was re
leased.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-29
A NEW KISS
is DISCOVERED
The Latest Type of Oscillation
is the Glory Kiss and It's
a Great One.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
CINCINNATI, O.. April ga new
kiss has been discovered-it Is the
glory" kiss. This latest type of os.
culation Is "glorified" in a bunch OF
love letters introduced in the s25,o0C
suit brought by Mrs. Theodore Marien
thai against Mrs. Maria Weidlicn
wife Of o. E. Weidlich, wealthy steel
pen manufacturer, charging aliena
ton OF her husbands affections. A
brother and sister-in-law Of Marien
thai, who now holds an offlce in the
New York commissioner of Highways
department, also are made defendants
The following Is an excerpt from
one of the love letters which It IL
alleged Mrs. Weidlich wrote tc
Marienthal:
Here, sweetheart, Is kiss, one ot
my kisses you loved SO WE'LL one
that intoxicates the mind, drinks NJ
the soul and lulls two hearts to sleep
ITO dream of love, sweet love, and lei
the world be we'll lost,
And then you asked me to kist
you again and kissed and kissed and
kissed again. my darling. The kisses
you love SO well-not the Nethersole
but the glory kiss"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-29
Conductor Smith.

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WASHINGTON, April 29.-Respon-
sibility for the rear-end collision on
the vandalia railroad, at Terre Haute,
Indiana, on January was laid today
on Conductor Smith in a report by
Chief Inspector Belnap to the inter
state commerce commission. Five
persons were killed in the wreck.
The direct cause of the accident,
the report asserts, was the conduc-
tors failure to take measures for pro-
tection OF his train while 1t was stand
ing at the Union station. Engineer
Davis, Of train number 20, which
crashed into the standing train, was
also held in fault for not having his
engine under complete control when
approaching the depot.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-29
anti PASS BILL
WAS PASSED
People in MN = 7m ;. Expected to
Pay TheI, = Hereafter When
2s.,... - :. '''
FIR AN OLD SOLDIER
Secretary Of State Woods Comes In
for Some Criticism as Result Of
His Discharge Of
Employees.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service, i
SPRINGFIELD, H., April 29.-The
senate today passed Senator Hur-
burgh,s anti-railroad pass bill. The
vote was % to so. The bill prohibits
riding on passes except in few in
stances, such as railroad employees,
etc. 1t follows practically the lines
laid down In the national anti-pass
bill
The only objection voiced against
the bill was that Of Senator Beall OF
Alton. He said he did not believe
members should be forced to pay their
fares as long as they received "such
low salaries"
think every man who votes for
this bill and has pass In his pocket
should go up and deliver 1t to the
secretary OF the senate,p he said.
I'm opposed to the bill and don't
care who knows It,"
Senators Hurburgh and Magill de-
Tended the bill, saying there should
be no discrimination favoring officials.
The house of Representatives today
passed relief appropriation for the
secretary of states office allowing
$2S,500 to make up deficiency in
one of the funds. The bill was not
passed, however, until serious objec-
tions to the method, Of administration
] adopted BY Secretary Of State Woods
had been made by members.
Representative King of Galesburg.
was the most outspoken. He declar-
ed Woods was abolishing Jobs in his
office to get rid Of employees who are
under the civil service.
HE even fred an old soldier who
had been flag raiser at the state cap.
itol for years. King said.
Now l would like to know how long
this farce is going to be permitted to
go on he added. "And I want to
know whether he hasn't even inter
fered with janitors OF this house in
regard to the disposition to be made
Of waste paper"
| Lee O'Neil Browne said that what
the secretary did personally should
have nothing to do with what he need
ed in his administration. Represen
tative Shanahan, chairman OF the ap
propriations committee, declared that
an itemized statement had been de
! manded Of Woods and that 1t had
been found satisfactory.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-29
Advance is Reasonable.

united Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON April "a mod
crate advance" in commodity rates
on furniture from and to points in
Wisconsin. Illinois. Indiana. Iowa
and Missouri, to and from st. Paul
Duluth and Winona. Mimi, were to-
day found reasonable" by the inter
state commerce commission. Should
objections be made by any Of the
cities involved, the commission holds
the privilege OF their demanding a
further investigation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-29
NUDE PICTURES MUST
NOT BE ON DISPLAY

must all other pictures of nude wo-
men that have filled the art store win
dows since Paul Chabas' nude bathing
girl was vindicated by jury that
overruled the verdict Of the police
censors that girl lacking clothes
should not be permitted to pose be-
fore the public
The aldermen passed an ordinance
last night prohibiting the display of
nude pictures in any place not con-
nected with an art or educational ex-
hibition. The vote was unanimous and
it is practically certain that Mayor
Harrison, who already has frowned
upon September Morn will affix his
signature.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-29
Something New to
Brighten Up the
Home.

Do you brighten up the home
every spring?
At this season more than
any other the rooms look as
though they needed the touch of
something new.
Curtains. carpets and rugs.
Llnoleum for the kitchen, furni-
ture for the dining room, an
odd chair or table for the "liv-
ing room" A new cover would
make that couch look quite pret.
ty and inviting.
Think these things over while
you consult the advertisements
in THE GATE CITY. Make
list of what you need and how
much you can afford to spend,
then go through the announce
ments OF the shops represented
in THE GATE ClTYfS adver-
tising coiumns.
This vii, make your shopping
easy and doubly effective.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-29
Pope Not so Well Today.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
ROME, April 29.-Pope Plus was
not feeling so we'll today though the
physicians said his convalescence was
not in any way retarded and denied
there was cause for any alarm. The
inclement weather OF the last two
days caused the pontiff to show a
slight degree Of fever and Professor
Marchiafava ordered that he remain
in bed and have nothing but liquid
food.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-29
$3.50, 500 WORTH OF NOISE
SAILS ON SAME SHIPS

salaries for twenty-three weeks work
also left the country.
The thirteen operate stars whose
salaries are tabulated In this esti
mate and who waved temporary fare
well to New York today, were: En-
rico Caruso, $4,000; Geraldine Far
rar $4,000: Emmy Destinn, $4,000;
Antonio scotti, s17,5oO; Putnam Girls
void. $4,000; Dinh Gilly, $15.ooo;
pr,eda Hempel, $4,000; Mary Garden
$4,000; Charles Dalmores, $4,000;
Hector Dufranne, $4,000; Gustav
r5uberdeau, $4,000; Arturo Toscanini'
s42 900. and Guilce Gatti caezazza'
10000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-29
ELEVEN LIVES
LOST In FLOOD
Water Has Rushed Thirty five
Miles Inland From Break
in Levee.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
NATCHEZ, Miss, April 29.-Eeven
lives were lost in the backwater flood
late last night Two rescue boats re-
turning from the flooded interior to-
day reported that they were forced to
look on while two families perished
as the boats were already crowded
and to have taken on any additional
persons would have endangered all.
Two mothers and their little ones
we're marooned on the top OF their
houses They begged to be taken
aboard but were refused, and mo-
ment later were carried under by the
swirling waters The St John
crevasse is mile wide and has made
an inland sea OF nine parishes, the
water reaching thirty-ive miles In
land.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-29
Miss September Morn Awak
ems to Find That the Lid
is Over Her Head.

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CHICAGO, April 29.-Miss Septem
Der Morn, undraped and lovely, pre-.
pared today to wrap such draperies as
she may possess about her and depart
from the windows of Chicago art
stores forever-or until artists sup
plant present members of the board
of aldermen.
Miss September Morn must go. Sc
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-29
~, Visit to California 10 Expected to
be a Failure as Far a. Chang
Ing tho Bill Is
Concerned.
PEOPLE DETERMINED
Initiative Law VIII be Invoked in
Case Legislature Should Refuse
to Pass Proposed
Measure.

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SACRAMENTO. Calf, April 2s.-
There are many indications that Sec
retary Of State Bryan will fail in the
mission on which he was sent here by
President Wilson. Leaders of the
California senate and assembly today
declared that, so far, there had been
no developments which would cause
them to change their earlier opinions
regarding the necessity OF passing an
anti-alien land owning bill. While
Bryan may succeed in altering the
wording Of the pending bill, It's in
tent to exclude the Japanese, will
probably remain unchanged.
Senator Newton Thompson, progress
sive leader. and author OF a drastic
bill proposed as substitute for the
pending measure, said today: Moth.
ing Secretary Bryan has said changes
the situation in my view or in the
View Of other members OF the legisla-
ture with whom have talked. I be-
lleye the exclusion bill will be
passed"
Assemblyman L. D. Bohnett, pro.
sressive leader OF the lower house
took the same view
While Bryan may have more forci.
Bile revelations, he said, which he
expects to deliver at the last moment,
nothing he has, said yet seems to have
aitered the determination OF the
legislature to enact q law based on
the slogan America for Americans .
Assemblynan j. w. Struckenbuck
democrat, formerly resident OF Lin
coin, Nebr., and close friend oil
Bryan, said: Il have the greatest ad.
miration for Secretary Bryan but
cannot follow him In this. know
and told Bryan SO in executive ses
sion-that the Japanese government
Is and has been furnishing to Japan
ese in my district the actual cash tc
buy land. 1t Is hard enough for white
men to compete with Japs when they
merely lower the standard of living
but when the Jap is backed by the
Toxic government, competition BY
whites is impossible.
II the legislature fails to pass {
bill absolutely excluding the Japanese
as land owners, the initiative law is
sure to be invoked. / will put my
farm in other hands and take the
stump for exclusion at my own ex
pense II necessary. California ha!
got to be saved for the white people
and the time to start doing 1t is righ
now"
AT an executive night session of the
legislature. Secretary Bryan failed t.
present any startling statements. The
discussion was general. Afterwards
the secretary sent long telegram tt
President Wilson, summarizing th'
situation and asking further instruc
tions.
It is learned today that Bryan dit
not advance any new solution Of thu
problem confronting the legislature
Dut merely conveyed to the member
me advice Of the president. He urget
tne legislature to postpone immediate
action on the land bill to allow th'
s'ate department to endeavor to ne
sotiate new treaty arrangements witt
Japan to accomplish the desired ends
this plan should not be acceptabl
se suggested that law similar t
vat IN force in Illinois be enacted
mis- permits aliens to hold land onl
ss years. applying to all aliens alike
Continued on page 2.)
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-29
United States Government win Have
no Authority Over the Conduct
Of the Friedman
Institutes.
ATE LAWS IT WILL BE PASSED
Louisiana Is the Only One Where
State Board Could Exercise
Authority Over
Cure.

\ United Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, April 2s.-The
United States government will have
no authority over the conduct of the
Frtedmann Institutes to be establish
ed in thirty-six states by the corpor-
alton which has assumed the right to
use the culture. In only sixteen
states will the sanitariums be amend
able to state boards OF health. Every
where else the regulation Of the treat
ment will be under the supervision Of
the state food and dairy commission
ers
In only three states In the union are
the state boards Of health given spe-
cific authority over the use Of such
cultures. These are New Jersey,
Louisiana and New York. The Con-
necticut board is empowered to -egu-
late the control and use Of the ''blood
serum of animals" but the Friedman
culture being obtained from a turtle,
escapes this provision.
The government will pay absolutely
no attention to the commercial con-
INJECTIONS which DR.. Friedman has
formed for the distribution of his
serum. DR.. w. c. Rucker, assistant
surgeon of the public health service
declared today. Officially the activ-
tiles OF the service have been confin-
ed to a meteorological investigation
Into the properties OF the Friedmann
treatment, to determine its elements
and safety. This investigation will be
concluded and a formal report will be
made. Whatever the finding, the
health service will then have no furth-
er connection with the question Of the
cure unless an effort Is made to
conduct Interstate shipment of It,
/ DR.. Rucker refused to express a
personal, or official opinion OF the
merits of the friedman cure, or the
action of the German doctor in com.
mercializing it. He confirmed abso-
lutely, however, the statement that
except in few states, the cure
could be administered without the
supervision of the state boards OF
/ health.
! The states that give the state boards
general control over proprietary med
icines and specifics are: California
Colorado, idaho, Indiana, Kansas
Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Montana, New Hampshire New Jer
sey, Oklahoma. Tennessee and Ver.
mont. The New York state board OF
health is empowered to investigate all
serums for the cure Of tuberculosis
and kindred diseases
Louisiana is the only state which
empowers the state board specifically
to deal with all serums and cultures
This provides: "It shall have con
troll over all substance, matter, OF
thing which in the opinion of the
board may cause liability to infection
or contagion of disease, whether the
same shall be in the form OF bacteria
germs, microbes, or virus"
Il Trouble Already.
ST. LOUIS, April 29.-Accompaniet
by an attorney, Albert Won Hoffman
departed from St Louis last night tt
investigate a report that the Amerl
can rights to the friedman serum
have been sold. Won Hoffman de
clares that he holds a contract, sign
ed by Friedman and himself, givint
him the American rights to the Ger
man scientists tuberculosis serum up
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-29
Presidential Nominations.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. I
WASHINGTON, April 2s.-Presi.
dent Wilson nominated George D.
Downey Of Indiana to be comptroller
Of the treasury.
Lewis 7. Erwin, of Alaska, to be
United States marshal for the fourth
district OF Alaska.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-29
oaruso, Mary Garden and 9th
ers Leave America With
Plenty Of Our Cash.

.,nl.ed Press Leased Wire Service. ]
NHW YORK. April 29.--With the
pa''ure s.a for Europe today on the
ss,ier salier Kaiser Wilhelm II, OF a
As OF the greatest operatic -tars
ns sl 'he Metropolitan and Chicago
nra upsla companies. the tidy sum Of ap-
sA'nately $630,5OO representing
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-29
That's Good News.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
NEW YORK, April 29.-Colonel
Roosevelt fatty refused today to dis
cuss any phase of the California
alien land ownership question. In
answer to all queries he said:
Not word! Not a word!"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-29
Deeds, Not Words.


WASHINGTON, April S9.-Deeds in
stead OF words-legislative action in
the place Of general debate"-was
the tariff program in the house today.
The bill was called up for considera-
tion and amendments. The second
reading was begun.
Underwood declared today that ne
contemplated no gag" rule, to choke
off debate, or to block proposed
amendments. He said he would try
out policy of permitting the debate
limited to five minutes to each mem
Der on each paragraph, to run open
He intimated, however, that II diia
tory tactics were adopted by the mi
nority he would be forced to adopt
some method to expedite passage Of
the administration measure.
Minority members frankly admitted
today that in attempting to amend the
bill they were merely going through
the motions" Underwood had, te
prevent amendment, a resolution
adopted by the democratic caucus
pledging all but dozen democrats te
defeat any amendment except such az
may be proposed by the ways ane
means committee.
The opening tariff battle was sched
uled on the first paragraph, making
the measure effective on the day fol
lowing It's approval by President VIII
son. Numerous amendments were
proposed to this paragraph. Those b,
the republicans proposed to postpone
operation of the new tariff for months
upon the contention that business
should have time to prepare itself To-
the drastic changes.
Take All the Blame.
| WASHINGTON, April 29.-Notic'
was served on the republicans Of thu
house today that the democrats pro
/ pose to dictate tariff revision ant
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-29
Any Objections to Wiison.U Underwood
Tariff Bill Are Nero Waste OF
Time by tho
Opponents
First Paragraph Makes the Measure
Effective on the Day Follow
Ing Its Approval by
President.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON. April 2s.-The fate
OF the Wilson Underwood tariff bill
will hinge on a conference arranged
today by President Wilson. Thursday
morning the president will meet in
his office all of the southern and
western senators opposing the WOO
and sugar provisions OF the bill.
At that time the objections which
have been raised will be presented te
the president by the senators. The
conference was arranged by Senator
Newlands Of Nevada.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-29
Einht Not Yet Lost.

REMY, La, April 2s.-The levees
here are still sloughing. but the fight
is not yet lost. Two negroes, believed
to be acting for planters on the other
side. were shot while trying to cut the
,eyee on this side. Guards here con-
tinue to fire on all boats which do not
slacken speed while passing.