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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-23
For the Merchant
Who Doesn't
Advertise.

In these days of higher eff
cheney in the management of af-
Airs, where do you stand, Mr..
Merchant?
VIE invite you to become an
advertiser In this newspaper;
to join, if you have not already
done so, the progressive mer-
chants of this vicinity who have
something of merit to sell and
something Of interest to say
about it.
Many tale is yet untold
about your store or your bust.
ness which if placed before our
readers would rejuvenate your
whole establishment.
The game is out in the open
today.
The livest merchants and
manufacturers tell the public of
the merit and superiority OF
their wares.
The most successful enter.
prises In this city are so con-
stantly before the public in the
columns of THE GATE CITY
and other first class newspa.
pers that when one thinks of
any of the many articles of
daily trade his mind turns in
stantly TO one of the stores or
one of the particular makes
whose advertisements are set
forth in these pages.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-23
The .Lacer Arm.

IUnited Press Leased Wire Service ]
CHICAGO, Wy 23.-This may be a
corsetless age, but
A delegation of housemaids, who
made application for membership in
the newly organized Household Work,
ers' Union, complained that several
OF their number were suffering from
"lacer arms
THE lacer ARM explained one Of
the delegates, "is developed in trying
to pull a $50 pound woman into a
corset designed for high school girl.
Try doing that for social season
and your upper arm will be SO swol,
len you will want to quit"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-23
Illinois Senate White Slavery lnvesti-
eating Committee to Resume Its
Work Of Stirring
Things Up.
CALL MANUFACTURERS
VIII Return to Springfield on Tues
day and Fight for Passage of the
Minimum Wage Scale
Bill.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, May 23.-The
first open meeting Of the senate white
slave investigating committee since
the clearing of charges against Lieu
tenant Governor O'Hara, will be held
at Hotel LaSalle in Chicago at 10000
o clock Monday morning. The meeting
was announced today by the lieuten-
ant governor.
Subpoenaes have been issued for
some of the leading manufacturers in
Chicago who employ women. They
will be questioned along the usual
lines followed by the vice commission
since the beginning Of its investiga-
ton The commission will come back
to Springfield Tuesday prepared to
take up the fight for the passage of
its minimum wage wage .ill BY As the the senate
next week.
81 believe that some minimum bill
will be reported out of the committee
on labcr," Lieutenant O'Hara said to-
day.
"The members of the commission
will take UP the fight in the senate
and put every man on record on this
issue. I believe the bill will pass the
house as we'll as the senate If the
commission bill is not reported out we
are hoping that some other minimum
j wage bill pending before the commit
4 tee will be sent to the floor of the
senate.
1t is probable that the commission
will send statement to the senate
{ next week.
Weems Kicks.
CHICAGO, May 23.--F. w. Weems
head of a large laundry at Quincy
Illinois, appearing before ths Illinois
Legislative subcommittee to protest
against the enactment of an eight
/ hour law for women and girl work
ers, today took fling at the legisla
ture for proposing an eight hour law
i IF the members of the legislature
would investigate what women and
i girls do when they are not at work
and pass laws to regulate their con
duct in their idle hours, they would be
doing more to improve morals thar
lby passing an eight hour law" saio
Weem1.
] Girls don't want an eight hour law
What they want is a big pay envelope
on Saturday night"
Weems told the committee that h'
had lost from $50 to SIS week since
the ten hour law was passed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-23
SHOWED HIS LOVE FOR
HER BY KILLING HER

merle had fallen in love. Infatuated
with the young woman, Demerle he'd
climbed a porch post into her room,
shot her to death and then sent bull
let into his own brain. He died two
hours later at a hospital
Friends of Demerle said they un
derstood Miss James had promised to
marry Demerle, but last night refuser
him. At 3 o'clock this morning he
went to her home, climbed into the
room and is supposed to have made
one last appeal When again refused,
he shot the girl and himself When
an officer broke into the room Demerle
still held the wedding ring.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-23
Farewell Dinner.

limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
PITTSBURGH. May o. Japanese
Ambassador Chinda and Secretary of
State Bryan have already accepted
and President Wilson Secretary Of
Labor Wilson, and Congressman A.
Mitchell heve been rendered invita-
tions to the farewell dinner to George
w. Guthrie, former mayor of Pitts
burgh and newly appointed ambassa-
dor to Japan, to be given June 6.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-23
His Skull Cracked.

limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
s., CHICAGO, May Charles Egr
gers, of Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, to-
day was found unconscious on the
sidewalk at Monroe and Desplaines
streets with his skull fractured. He
was taken to the county hospital. No
money or valuables were found in the
mans clothing, and this gave rise to
a theory Of assault and robbery.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-23
TWO Of Them Produced in
Court With Millionaire
Woods Name Written
Upon Them.
TRIAL DRAGGING ALONG
Will be Middle Of Next Week
Before the Conspiracy Case
Can be Discussed by
the Jury.

pondent OF the United Press.l
BOSTON, May 2s. Dissatisfied
with the slow progress made to date
In the trial Of VIM. NJ. Wood and his
associates, charged with conspiracy to
plant dynamite, Judge Crosby today
warned both sides that he wanted dii-
atory tactics eliminated.
It was certain today that the state
could hardly finish It's case this week
and that 1t would be the middle Of
next week before the tury would be
In a position to pass on tho guilt or
innocence OF the accused. More than
half OF tine states twenty-three wit
nesses remain to be called.
When court resumed today District
Attorney Pelletier stated that he
would call witnesses directly to con-
meet Wood with the alleged conspir.
acy. Up to the present there has
been no evidence of any character
against th4 bead of the woolen COM
pany and that against Atteaux re-
mains to be corroborated from the
outside independent sources demand
ed by the conspiracy law.
Pelletier said that he had In court
employees Of the Woolen company,
telephone operators and others who
would complete his case and he In
sisted that he would be able to builo
up complete chain of circumstances
that would implicate all the defend
ants In a well organized conspiracy.
Tne defense today made elaborate
preparations to impeach Breen's tes-
timony. The complete story as toto
on the stand was gone over by At
torney Coakley and subpoena servers
we're sent out to find witnesses to
contradict 1t In material portions. In
addition, several close friends OF Er-
nest Pittman, the contractor who
killed himself, will be called to tes
tify that he lost more than 100000
In a business deal and that it preyed
SO on his mind as to render him tenn
porarily insane Money losses anc
not fear OF testifying before the grand
Jury about the dynamite plot caused
the suicide, the defense will tell the
Jury.
Edward B. Lynch, paying teller oi
the Federal Trust company, identified
the signature OF Frederick e. Atteauy
on the banks signature card Pelle
tier then had marked for identified
tion several cancelled checks which
he said had been either signed or IN
dorsed by Atteaux and cashed by the
Federal Trust company. Attorne,
Hurlburt objected to this identified
tion as against his client, VIM NJ
Wood, on the ground that they wer.
incompetent until both the signatur,
and Endorsements on the back hat
been proven genuine. Attorney Coax
ley. for Atteaux, said they were per
fectly willing TO admit that his sigma
ture where 1t occurred was genuine
and the court admitted the checks !i
evidence, subject to later proof o
their entire genuineness
Several receipts for money pait
we're admitted under the same ruins
Some OF the receipts and checks bor
the name of William NJ. Wood as vel
as that of Atteaux and the court rule'
that they would be accepted as ev'
dence at this time solely against Al
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-23
Climbed Porch Post to Girls
Room and Made Last Appeal
That She Marry Him.

United Press Leased Wire service, /
ERIE. Pa, May 23.-Witl revol-
yer clasped in one hand and we'd
oing ring in the other. Jacob Demerle
vas found early today mortally
wounded, while cloee by lay the deae
body Of Marie James with whom De-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-23
Wage Investigation Commis-
sion is Finding Out Strug-
gle Some People Have.

EUnited Press Leased Wire service.1
ST. LOUIS, May 29.-The story Of
frail 16-year-old girl employe of a
paper box factory. who told how she
was forced to quit school by the
death of her parents and go to WORK
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-23
Japanese Offer Prayers for Mlkado
Who Is Sick But Not In
a Serious Con
ditlon.
HE SENDS A MESSAGE G
cabIegram to President Wilson Ar
rived Today Expressing Pleasure
at Words Of Sympathy
Sent.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
TOXIC, May 23.-While the Official
bulletins issued from the Ayoma
Palace today reiterated that there was
no cause for grave alarm y. the con-
diiton of Emperor Yoshihito, it was
said that his temperature had risen to
1O3.46 degrees, with pulse at 80 and
respiration 80.
The people are very apprehensive
and inquiries poured in from all parts
of the empire while scores prayed in
the streets nearest the palace.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-23
Sends Personal Message.

WASHINGTON, May 2S.-A person
al message from Mikado Yoshihito of
Japan was received in the white
house today thanking the president
for his cabiegram sent yesterday in.
quiring and expressing sympathy in
relation to the mikados illness. In
his cablegram, the Japanese emperor
said:
Deeply touched by your kind mes
sage inquiring after my indisposition,
II express my sincere thanks to your
self, government and the people OF
the United States.
(Signed) "YOSHIHITO."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-23
BUiGAREANS ARE
GATHERING GREEKS
Battle Ragged for Twenty Four
Hours After Violation of
Neutrality Agreement.

limited Press Leased Wire service.l
ATHENS, May 2S.-The Bulgarian
attack on the Greeks in the Panghaion
district, near Salonfka, continued
with unabated ferceness today, with
the Bulgarians using artillery along
their whole line.
1t was stated here that the Bulgar-
ians were the aggressors and that
while the Greeks are defending them
selves, this government is making a
strong protest at Sofia.
When hostilities against Turkey
ceased the Greeks and Bulgarians
agreed on a neutral zone around Sa-
lonika, including the Panghaion dis
trict, where fighting now is going on.
It is charged that the Bulgarians vio-
lated the neutrality zone agreement
last Tuesday Desultory fighting took
place then and on the following day
and yesterday the battle is said to
have ragged for twenty-four hours.
King Constantine and his staff Sc,
out this afternoon for Salonika, where
the king will take personal command
OF the Greek troops now engaged
against Bulgaria.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-23
creeks Arc Asressors.

SOFIA, May aS.An official state
ment by the Bulgarian foreign office
today asserted that the Creeks are
the agressors in the fghting now go.
ing on near Sofia.
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Subscribers Of The Daily Gate City
srs Served the full Leased Wire Ser.
Vice Of the United Press Association.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-23
THE WEATHER

Fair and Warmer. Local
temp p. m. SO; Z a. m. 81.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-12-06
RANGE PAPERS AFTER
DULUTH FOOD TRUST


THE Mesabe Ore takes a rap at
Michigan street, Duluth, the 8, place
where arbitrary prices on produce are
fixed to the detriment of the aa9ri-
cultural and all other interests Of this
section. Michigan street is a problem
that Duluth ought to solve for her
self very soon.
Range merchants could tame
Michigan street in short order if they
presented united front and bought
goods in Minneapolis and st. Paul for
about month. Every householder
On the Nesaba range who sat down
co a Thanksgiving dinner yesterday
paid a tribute to Michigan street, a
good stiff one too. It controls a
large share of the food supplies for
all of northern Minnesota and its
tactics are gradually giving Duluth q
reputation that is hurting it's trade
and benefiting the produce dealers
. and food supply men Of Minneapolis
and st. Paul.,
duluth has endured Michigan
street and it's sharp and unfair bust
ness methods too long for her own
good. The Virginia Enterprise.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-12-06
CHARLOTTE WALKER
IN 1.-THE TRAIL OF
THE LONESOME PINE"


Charlotte Walker wants to play
sirens. but she is fated to appear as
a sweet ange:. It is real protest
Miss Walker voices, even if she tells
of her plight good-humoredly. ELL
gene"-this being her husband, Eu-
gene Walter, the playwright-'is
writing new drama called "A Plain
Woman she beWails. THE woman
is a modern siren-not the old-fash-
toned, Understanding kind-~and
I'D give anything to play the part.
Will /? There isn't the ghost of a
chance. Probably some dear, sweet
role, like June, will come along and
I'll go on being angelic. Sometimes I
think I'll retire and live on our apple
ranch in Montana" Frankness is.
Charlotte Walkers greatest asset. She
Is one of the few actresses who have
no illusions about their talents.
There is an unusual freshness about
the Walker beauty. 1t is a healthy,
normal attractiveness that reflects her
own personality. A southern girl,
Miss Walker has all the charm OF the
south. Conversation is animated and
rnusingly at the end of each sentence.
There is no suggestion of the theater
save possibly in the constant gestures.
Happiest of all, however. is the alb
sence Of pretense-a quality that per-
haps only an interviewer can prop
erly appreciate.
Eugene Walker. the successful play
wright, who never slept on park
benches, despite his newspaper ex-
perience, is a short, plump little man
with shining eyes, a casual straight
forward manner Of greeting, and
world Of observation behind the HUI
morous remarks. Il write a play as I
formerly wrote up a murder at a.
m.,' he said. There is no art in 1t.
write plays because it's my bust
ness, and because I need the money"
Nevertheless, playwriting that
brings in the returns that have come
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-12-06
PROFITS COME FIRST:
SAFETY. AN INCIDENT
Continued From Pare 7

Continued From PaKc l.
ocean steamers. Every experienced
seaman knows the danger of navigA
ton on the great lakes, and the pow
er Of the, waters of the lakes was
demonstrated during the recent gale
which cost more than 800 lives and
caused loss of millions of dollars"
That storms on the great lakes are
on many occasions more treacherou,
than on the ocean Is evident from
the stories told by the survivors Of
several wrecks. :;
July ~, 1913, the passenger: ste am
er Iowa of the Goodrich line, was
sunk in collision with the steam ,r
Sheboygan Of the same line; This
happened only a few hundred wards
from the dock. And although there
was a number of tugs close by. ready
TO render any assistance, she filled so
quickly that she sank as soon as she
was placed alongide the wharf.
And had the Iowa been outside tho
T. harbor~ with h"r usual passenger list.
instead OF inside the breakwater.
without passengers the loss of life
would almost certainly have been
heavy.
In 1907 the passenger steamer Civ
Of Cleveland, newly built. lying 1T
the slpyards at Detroit, took fire and
was destroyed. Even the efforts Of
the Detroit fire department failed
to save her. : &
Seamen Tell Stories. ; -
These are some Of the stories told
by seamen who realize the necessity
Of proper hfeboat facilities, -,
We draw a veil over what would.
nave happened if this boat had been
out on Lake Erie with 1900 or 1000
passengers on: board they say.
The passenger steamer Northwest
burned at her dock in 1911, Some
years ago the Goodrich line steamer
Atlanta burned to the water on LAKE
Michigan. And again the gods of
luck were with the ship owners as
there were only two or three passen-
gers on board. go ~ : =
And vet in view. Of all these
wrecks, A. w. Goodrich, mogul of
the ship owners trust, is battling des-
perately to defeat. a bill which has
as Its virtue the protection of hui
man life.
seamen say that Goodrich gives no
reasons and offers no explanation for
MS assertion, but judging from the
manner In which he and others iden-
titled with" him have Squo ted liz the.
public press recently, the ssamen H.:
heve it is safe to assume mat the
particular part he. objects. to}is sec.
uon ~ Of the bill, relating IL able
seamen and to lifeboats. ]: ss,~H.. e. .
hdfeboats Pay No Fare, s: !
He' like many tother ship owners"
they say. I'm the passenger carrying
business, objects to the requirements
of hfeboats to accommodate all per-
sons on the ship and sufficient skilled
seamen to handle such boats"
The sean1en declare emphatically
that there Is nothing in the La Fol-
!ette Dill, that in the slightest degree
]usti1les the assertion made by Good
rich.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-12-06
STORE OPEN
r.. EVENINGS W r..
UNTIL CHRISTMAS {
Order to Examine Final Account.

Order to Examine Final Account.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY Of
III the Matter Of the Estate Of II.
Theodore Swanson. Decedent. IL
THE PETITION OF Benz. Strombecie
as representative OF the above named
decedent. together with his final ac-
count of the administration Of said es-
tate, having been filed in this court,
representing, among other things that
he has fully administered said estate
and praying that said final account OF
said administration be examined, adj
that the Court make and enter it's fl
nal decree of distribution Of the residue.
of the estate of said decedent to- the
persons entitled thereto. and for the
discharge of the representative and the
sureties on his bond.
1T IS ORDERED, That said petition
be heard, and said final account .ex-
amined. adjusted. and If correct. al
Court Rooms in the Court House, in
the City of Duluth in said County, on
Monday, the 29th day Of December,
1913. at ten o'clock A. NJ, and all
persons interested in said hearing
and required at said time and place to
show cause, if any there be-, why said
petition should not be granted.
der be served by. publication in The
Labor World according to raw, and by
mailing copy of this order to each
heir and interested party at least four
teen days before the SAID date of hear
ing:
Dated at Duluth, Mimi. December
BY the Court,
cear St. sq LOUIS &C Co. 1 %ina
Attest: A. R; MORTON, -,
I. W. Dec. s, Is. 20, 1913.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-12-06
EXPERTS CONDEMN
STATE REGULATION
Continued From PaKe l.

continued From Page /. -.
corporations exist to serve the, peo.
pie, not to control them.
For State and City Control.
"However, in most cases, regula-
ton cannot be either logical or effec-
tive without the active cooperation
of both state and local authorities.
There should be no twilight zone
within which the utilities can escape
regulation, but every city of enough
Importance to enjoy home rule, in
framing it's charter should have the
right to establish a separate bureau,
department or commission for the
supervision of all utilities operating
within the city limits.
1.-THE city's jurisdiction should
extend to matters affecting ocupa-
ton of streets: quality of service .
rendered and character Of the
franchise contract entered into for
the purpose Of facilitating ultimate
municipal ownership.
THE states jurisdiction should
extend to matters relating to COM
petition, stock and bond issues, ac-
counts and publicity.
Rates and extensions should be
under municipal control, subject
to review by the state commission.
The city should also have the right
before the state commission in re-
gard to all matters affecting local
interests"
The committee took the ground
that municipal authorities ought to
have the right to initiate extensions,
and the reasonableness of any par
ticular extension should, not be de-
termined solely by the prospective
profit from its operation as separ-
ate unit, but by it's effect upon the
profits of tie entire system:
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JOKERS MAY DEFEAT
POPULAR RULE LAWS
Continued From Page. i.

4 Continued From Page 1.
16 defeats and two victories for tho
initiative and referendum.
Aroused by this situa alton, real
friends of popular government have
called a national conference here O,
Dec. s, which will be addressed by
prominent progressives of all parties.
among whom are Secretary of State
Bryan. Senator Robert L. Owen, Rep
resentative Bert Crosser of Ohio, Her.
bert Quick. Senator Harry Lane. of
Oregon, Senator Clapp cof Minneso-
ia, Representative M. Clyde Kelley
Of Pennsylvania. Frank Walsh of
Kansas City, Everett Colby OF New
Jersey, Samuel Gompers of the A. +.
Of L.. and many others.
-. -. To Form League. -.
The purpose of the convention is
to form the National Popular Gov
eminent lea6ue-a permanent, non
partisan, national Organization of in.
fluential men to promote and protect
popular government measures.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-12-06

Order Of Hearing ON Petition for LII
STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY Of
st. Louis5 ss. In Probate Court
In the Matter OF the Estate Of James
Michael Drohan, Annie Margaret Dro-
Drohan, Minors.
THE PETITION OF Mary Drohan as
representative Of the above named
minors. having been filed in this
Court, representing. among other
things. that for reasons stated in said
petition, it. Is necessary and tor the
best interests Of the estate Of said mi
nors and Of all persons Interested
said minors In said petition described
and praying that license pc TO said pc.
titioner granted TO mortgage the said
III III 1s g. soRD 81 rb.t ia sell.
.tionss bsa hesrd hefoIs :o,llt. AZ