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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-03
Railways Gould Increase Their
Revenue by Millions if
They Would Make
Change.
NOT GENERAL BENEFIT
Special Service Affects Relatively
Small Portion Of the Public
and Burdens the
Others.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-The In
terstate commerce commission again
today threw light on the attitude
which it has adopted SO far In the
eastern railroad plea for permission
to increase freight rates five per cent.
Addressing the railroads and shippers
today, Commissioner Harlan, acting
for his colleagues, specified the various
free railway services now granted
shippers and declared that the COM
mission would shortly set q date for a
hearing of the question of making per-
sonal charges for such services, the
intimation being that in this added
revenue, the railroads plea for insuff1-
cient earnings might partially be met
Harlan called attention to the COM
missions significant reference last
week in the industrial railways case
to the fact that railroads might gain
$35, 100000 year additional revenue
by charging for services to such
plants and cited ferry car service, free
drayage, free store delivery and
"spotting" Of cars on private spur
tracks as other services at present
performed by railways without charge
which might be made source Of
| revenue.
| Il shall not venture to make any
definite estimate in figures as to what
lit costs the carriers to render these
~, ~ :. \ ~
l.'or make any estimates OF the reven
ues that would accrue to them for the
several under charges that all regard
as reasonable. No we'll informed per-
son, however, can doubt that the dis
! continuances Of these free services
would save carriers millions of dollars
expense annually or can any we'll in
/ formed person doubt that If such
service should be measured in rela.
! ton to its cost and its value and the
general conditions surrounding it and
should then be made to contribute on a
reasonable bastsisto the revenues oi
carriers performing it the income OF
carriers would be increased by many
million dollars year
Harlan pointed out that free serv
ices affected relatively small por
tion of the public and said that tc
maintain such free services to the
small proportion, it meant that the
general shipping public" would be
/ burdened with the higher genera
i freight rates.
i In making these observations. he
said. sit must be understood the com
mission is not taking this means o.
i indicating that carriers must adop1
this method of increasing their income
and may not adopt another method"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-03
GEO. D. PERKINS
PASSED AW AY
Prominent Iowa Publisher,
Former Congressman and a
Leading Republican of
the State.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.i
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Feb 81 George
n. perkins nuhlisher of -. Journal
and for twenty years .gressman
from the eleventh 10y 4 strict, died
at a hospital here q this morn
ing, after an illnes s two weeks
from bladder trou 3 He was one of
the best known = ,lican politicians
in the middle
Coming to City in an early
day, he had n1ss>>. to do with the
growth Of the city and surrounding
territory. He was stand-pat republi-
can and helped to shape party politics
for years.
/ He is survived by wife and five
Echildren.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-03
BREAKFAST ON
WABASH TRAIN
Collision Threw Diners Into the
Aisles and Eleven
People Were
Injured.
SCRAMBLED THE EGGS
Fog Was So Thick That Engineer
Could Not See the Train
Ahead Until Too
Late.
SCRAMBLED THE EGGS

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.I
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 3.-At least
eleven persons were injured some seri-
ously, early today when a Wabash
passenger train inbound from Chicago,
crashed into the rear of Chicago and
Alton train also inbound from Chicago,
in North st. Louis.
The accident was due to a heavy fog
and the engineer of tn Wabash was un.
able to see the train until directly up.
on 1t. Most of the injured we're eat,
ing breakfast in the combination oh,
servation and dining car OF the Al
! ton train, which was the last car at
tached to the train.
The Wabash train was No. 5 and
the Alton left Chicago at 11:59 last
night. s
The injured:
p. D. O'Brien. police captain, Chi
cago, contusions of the scalp.
H. Schmidt, wife and daughter, FL
gin, Ill, bruised and cut.
H. A. Struppler, Pullman, Wash.
right leg confused.
K Youngstrom, of the Hess Warm
! ing and Ventilating Company, Chicago
right elbow wrenched
| G. e.. Moore, Madison, Wis, right
hip bruised
! Walter H. Newman, III Mission
street, San Francisco. theatrical man
lager back and right ai1a. wrench "a
William Oates, Chicago waiter
right leg wrenched
Arch Burnett, negro cook, of th'
Chicago and Alton, left leg bruised.
! c. u. Memo. negro waiter, Chicago
and Alton back wrenched.
/ Men, women and children were
hurled to the aisles or tossed owe
/ tables and chairs Ahead, In the Pull
man cars. several occupants of berth
| were slightly injured.
4 The passengers on the Chicago ant
Alton dining car which was wrecked
were given a few seconds warnings o
the collision by the flesh of the cleo
trio headlight, OF the Wabash train a.
it bore down upon them. Come OF tn
| passengers fled in panic to the from
of the car.
One man was hurled through glas
door after arriving at the end of tn
car and another was jolted through
glass window.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-03
GIRL FOUND IN WOODS WITH
HANDS AND FEET FROZEN

McAllister, physiology instructor in
the Missouri State Normal school, was
found today i'll the woods near here.
She has been mysteriously missing
for three days from the home Of her
aunt in New Haven.
The girl was exhausted and half
delirious from exposure and collapsed
into comatose state when brought
to shelter. She was unable to tell
anything about her experience and
her three days absence was as much
a mystery as before she was found.
The girl disappeared last Saturday
after visiting dentist
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-03
Weather Conditions.

AS the depression movsd from the
central Missouri valley to Lake su-
perior since yesterday, there has been
snow in its path from the Missouri
river to the western lakes, and warm
er on Its front in the eastern dis
tricts.
The crest Of the northwestern area
of high pressure has moved to North
Dakota, and is causing generally fair,
much colder weather throughout the
west. the temperature falling from
below to 2S below zero at Havre
since yesterday morning, and from IS
above to IA below at Bismarck.
Conditions indicate generally fan
weather, with a cold wavs for this
section tonight and Wednesday, the
temperature falling to II above zero
or lower.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-03
Dew Sentenced Today.

United Press Leased Wire Service !
DENVER, Colo, Feb. 5. John Ray
Dew, Belleville, H., Lcthario, convict
ed OF masquerading as Adolph Busch
III of st. Louis, in order to obtain
money, will probably ce sentenced to
day. Five ysars is the maximum pen
atty. BENJAMIN aska. Dew's attor
ney. says he was employed by hi!
eastern firm to defend the youth. n
says the firm wants to employ Dew
when lie gets out OF jail.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-03
Zamore Puts Theodore to Rout
and There is But One
Leader Now.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. !
WASHINGTON, Feb. 81. After two
days fighting, Zamore, Haitian rebel.
defeated and put to flight, his head
rival, Davilmar Theodore, according
to wireless dispatches from the T. S.
s Eagle. Zamore is now in posses,
sicn of Gonaives and Theodore is
fleeing toward Cape Haitian While
Iretreating with his forces, Theodore
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-03
In Hall Of Fame.

WlLKESBARRE, Pa. Feb. 3.John
j. McDevitt. millionaire for a day."
an eccentric character of this city.
left this morning at 9:01 on special
Lehigh Valley train for Washington
where he will present a statue of him.
self to congress with a petition that
his effigy be accepted and placed in
the hall Of fame. A parade preceded
the departure of the train.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-03
viii Resist Divorce.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Feb. 3.-William Rapp,
Jr.. OF New York, husband of Nine.
Ernestine Shumann Heink. opera
star, will contest the suit for divorce
filed against him here. his attorney
Lee ]. Frank announced today.
II expect to file an answer within
twenty days" Frank said, "and Mr.
Rapp's side of the story wila surprise
the public"
Frank today would not disclose the
contents of ths answer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-03
Americans Not Killed.

IUhtea Press Leased Wire Seryica.1
SAN DIEGO. Calf, Feb. 3.-Rober,
Harwood and Mortimer Mi ler, Anne /
cans who disappeared from Tia Juana
Mexico, near here, last week, were
not executed by MEXICAN federals as
reported A dispatch from Ensenda,
Mexico. today, said they had arrived
there and would be tired immediate,
~ on charges Of smuggling.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-03
EIoIn Butter Drops.

ELGIN, H., Feb. 3.--The price OF
butter on the Elgin board has dropped
nine cents since January i, 1t was an
nounced when this weeks price list
was quoted. The prevailing price to.
day was 261a cents, a decline of ~
to 21a cents from last weeks price.
Butter men, however, predicted that
the market has now reached rock bot
tom and that prices will soon advance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-03
Funeral Of Erenchman.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
PARIS, Feb. 3.--Thousands of promi-
nent Frenchmen today attended the
most impressive funeral services for
Paul Deroulede, writer and politician,
who died last week at Nice. The serv.
ices were in the church of st. Angus
tine and burial was in st. Cloud ceme-
terry.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-03
||[LA EXECUTED
D|Az EMlSSARY
hot Him Down in Parlor
Where He Made Proposal
for Villa to Join
Forces.
il DESERVED DEATH
DESERVED DEATH
En- Say That Guzman Was Desplcable
spy and Traitor and
Not Worth
Living.

|United Press Leased Wire Service.l
Ell PASO, Texas, Feb. 3.-That Cen
|ral Francisco Villa personally exc
kited Francisco Guzman, Diaz ennis
ary, was the story told at Juarez to-
lay. The Staying is believed to be
nly the first OF a series of executions
L men who rebelled against Fran
isco /. Madero. Guzman was shot
because he tried to induce Villa to
Resert the constitutio1alist cause. Ho
rent to Juarez with a message from
General Felix Diaz, now at Havana,
sking Villa to renounce allegiance to
General Carranza and to throw his
upport to Diaa's presidential candi-
lacy. Villa asked the emissary to re-
heat his proposition and when this was
lone, according to reports. drew a
Eistol and shot Guzman dead where
be sat in the parlor of Villas resi-
tence. Three bullets penetrated his
heart
In an official report sent to General
rarranza, Villa said Guzman had been
/ried by court martial, condemned and
Regularly executed Whether the
tory that villa himself did the shoot
hg is true. constitutionalists will not
Ry.
Villa does not regard the summary
kecutiol OF anything lut just aple.
esrite tha fact that tho 1iaan wa i on
mission to villa when slain. Guz.
Ian was nothing less than de-
picable spy and traitor who de-
erved DEATH said one of Villas sub
prdinates today.
General Villa today refused to dis.
euss story from Brownsville that
he will not attack Torreon but will
een1 his constitutionalist army against
Monterey instead He said he would
pc guided solely by the. exigencies Of
the case. If, when the proper time
comes, it seems better to attack
Monterey, Villa says he will do so
but that the time is not ripe to at
tack either.
Villa Is in no hurry to leave Juarez
He will receive $4,000 gold in taxes
and royalties from a big American
mining company, according to report
today. The name of the mining com
fany is not known. His disposition te
hnger in Juarez is looked upon as ar
indication that he believes Torreon is
already in his grasp.
The End 10 Near.
by United Press staff correspond
| MEXICO CITY, Feb. 3.-Menaced OF
both east and north by the rebels
Mexico City today was considered t,
De in precarious position. In th,
opinion of military diplomatic at
taches here, the end OF Genera
Huerta's military power is in sight
This, Of necessity. means the collaps,
OF his claim to the provisional presi
dency
Whlle the federals under Genera
Mas, on rush order from Genera
blanquet. minister of war, were toda.
hurrying to the defense of Torreon
on the north, on which the constitu
tonalists are marching, the Fifth regl
ment, the crack troops OF the capital
were being loaded on special trail
Tor Vera Cruz to combat the rebel
In Oaxaca TO the east
It was reported here that Genera
Felix Diaz, who has been in retire
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-03
In Danger Of Fire.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. S.-Ffre
in the heart of the wholesale business
district swept through fivs story
building early today and for time
threatened to spread to oil ware
houses near the Delaware river. The
damage is estimated at 100000. Only
by the greatest effort was the his.
toric old Betsy Ross house, birth
place of the American flag, saved
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-03
JAPANESE WAR
|. FOUGHT ON PAPER
Scare is Only to be Found in
California Newspapers
Charge Congress
men.
IMMIGRATION BILL UP
Debate on AsIatIo Exclusion Policy
Was Taken Part in by
Many Of the
Members.
IMMIGRATION BILL UP il

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service III
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Laying pa-I
triottsm above partisanshtp the housed
today by an overwhelming vote OF 2o3
to 81 refused to make any declaratonl
Of an Asiatic exclusion policy aimedl
principally at Japan ALI party lines
were wiped out in the vote, whdch de-
feated an amendment by Representa-
tive Hayes of California. to the Burnett
immigration bill, proposing to bar ALI
Asiatic laborers except those exempt
by treaty.
The house also defeated 1879 to 8. al
srb-anti- Japanese amendment offered
by Representative Raker OF California.
Democratic and republican leaders,
Including Representative Mann, OF
Illinois. Joined in over an hours de-
bate. pleading against embarrassing
President Wilson and the state depart
vnent In their negotiations with Japan
Mann appealed to the patriotism Of all
members, regardless Of party to de-
feat the amendments, which he said
would inject further difficulties into
the delicate Japanese situation.
Representative Raker's substitute
for the Hayes amendment, provided
for the exclusion of all Asiatic labor
ers except those exempted by treaty,
who come from a district east line
bounded by the Red Sea, Mediterran-
can Sea, the AEGEAN Sea. Caucus Noun
lLtsins. the Caspian Sea and the Ural.
mountains, except Turkey in Asia. This
boundary was proposed by Secretary
of Labor Wilson.
Representative Hardy Of Texas said
Rakers plan would exclude only
Asiatic laborers and would admit Ma
lays and Africans
The secretary OF state believes all
these matters can be selected by me-
gotiations," said Chairman Burnett,
and if not, my committee will re-.
port bill to meet them properly
/ Hayes is trying to make cheap capi-
tai against Raker and the democratic
party Burnett charged.
Hayes angrily denied the charge.
Representative Gardner, republis
can, said the language already In the
bill excluding laIborers not eligible toI
naturalization, was opposed by the,
state department and also foreignl
countries to which 1t was submitted.
"The people of the whole country
! desire the exclusion OF Asiatics." said
Representative Hayes This amend /
ment would inject serious addttioM
into the now acute situation" Repre-
sentative Harrison. of Mississippi de-
clared. 1T would create further an
| ger and distrust by friendly nation"
THE Japanese war Is being princi-
pally fought now in the headlines OF
California newspapers" added Repre-
sentative Moore, of Pennsylvania. Sec
retary Bryan Is opposed to the Raker
bill. He wants to live up to agree
ments and to our laws in an honorable
way. He does not wish to declare war
on the Japanese at the instance of
California newspapers. The amend
ments would embarrass the admins
4 tration and result in resentment from
4 Japan"
4 Republican Leader Mann denied that
! republicans were playing politics.
: None of these amendments should
: be adopted said Mann With our
(CnntinIad np mn
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-03
Mysteriously Missing for Three
Days and Unable to Tell
What Happened.

! United Press Leased Wire Service. !
WALLINGFoRD, Conn. Feb. s.
lief ieet and hands frozen, her face
anu body scratched and her clothing
y shreds. thirteen year old Helen
ncAllister, daughter OF Clyde North
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-03
Local Observations.

Rainfall for the past "a hours, IA.
River above low water of 1864, "A.
Change in "a hours, rise 81
Mean temperature 2nd, A..
Lowest temperature, SO.
Highest temperature, 81.
Lowest temperature last night. %.
FIRED y. GOSEWIsCH,
Obs Tye1.
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-06-04
The Troublesome Postscript.

Some years ago a well-known Tndi
ana politician, who was member OF
the national committee of his party
wrote to an active political worker in
distant part Of the state, to give him
timely directions concerning the cam
paign then in progress. The poll
tician's secretary was absent, so he
wrote the letter himself, although he
knew his handwriting was as hard to
decipher as that of Horace Greeley.
A week later his correspondent Wis.
tied Indianapolis, and came to see the
politician.
did you get my letter? Could you
read it," asked the politician.
Il didn't have any trouble with it,
except the postscript" said the other
man. THAT stuck me. / showed it
to everybody in town. They could all
read the letter, but no one could make
out the postscript"
The man drew the letter from his
pocket and handed it to the poll.
tician, who gave it a quick glance.
Heavens" he exclaimed. The
postscript says, Don't let anyone see
this letter youths Companion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-06-04
FAT MAN MOVED OVER
LITTLE INCIDENT THAT MADE
Mr.. GosLINcToK SMILE.
Retributiye Justice Was Abroad and
Working That Morning, Though 1t
Is Not Often in Evidence
In Railroad Car.

Whenever take seat in an ele-
waited or subway car" said Mr..
Goslington, II am careful to sit square
ly in the middle of it SO that / shall
not unduIy crowd anybody that may
be sitting at either side, but do not
find that everybody respects my rights
In like manner.
This morning for instance, when /
had seated myself in my accustomed
fashion In subway car there came in
and took she vacant seat next me on
my left a big, thoughtless, feshy man,
who was quite regardless of my rights
and comfort, to which, indeed, he was
plainly quite indifferent He dropped
into that SEA-, any way he happened
to, which proved TO be two-thirds on
that seat and one-third on mine, or
rather on me. And then he stayed
right there where he had dropped,
making no effort whatever to shift
over
Il stood this for minute or two SO
as not to. appear disturbed or impas
tient, and then I moved one seat to
the right. that next seat there happen
ing to be vacant, thus leaving the
place had lately occupied free, or
two-thirds so, the other third being
still taken UP by the big fieshy man
"And now there came into the car
another large man, bigger than the
other, but not fleshy; a big man who
was bony, angular and muscular, and
who had also a resolute cast of com
tenancs
This large, bony and resolute man
made TOR the seat which / had just
left, AID did he simply sit down on its
front edge, leaving the fieshy intruder
upon st in undfsturbed possession of
The remainder?
mo, This large and bony newcom-
er appeared to be a man of keen dis
cernment as well as by nature reso-
lutte. At glance he saw that about
one.third Of the fieshy mans own
proper seat at his left was vacant,
while he was sitting over on about
one,third Of this one SO now the
newcomer did not just sit down on
the front edge, but he sat well in to-
ward the back of the seat, and then
he dropped himself into it, solidly
ant squareJy.
TIE feshy man turned toward the
big, bony. resolute man who had thus
sat down ON him and looked at him
really quite sourly; but then within q
short moment he moved over And
rs | saw him move I felt that what
the big man had just done to him far
more than made UP for what he had
done to me-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-06-04
Bic Hands Saved Him.

Attorney John Cronin was appearing
for client charged with picking a
pocket The governments chief wit
ness had evidently read detective fic-
ton. He described at length how he,
standing quietly by, had seen the pris-
oner slip slim fingered hand into the
victims pocket. He described the per-
fectly ma toured hand and tapered
fingers of the alleged pickpocket's
hand minutely, just as it goes in a de-
tective yarn.
Then Attorney Cronin opened his
defense. "My defense consists of 'Ex-
hibit A. Mr.. Prisoner, hold out your
hands" The prisoner, six-foot man,
did so, showing the jurors pair Of
huge hands with gnarled fingers,
which would have done justice to a
bricklayer.
''The witness called those fingers
long and tapering, gentlemen said
Cronin. "Now l want you to look at
them and tell me if you think that
hulking chap could get hands like
those in the subway, let alone a per-
sons pocket"
che jury returned verdict Of not
guilty.-Boston Traveller.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-06-04
No Tango or Motors,

There is one place where the tango
is as yet unknown, and that is Mon
rovia, the capital of Liberia, accord
ing to Feed Paige Clark, the receiver
OF the general customs there, who
is now on six months leave of abb
sence,
Ragtime and the movies, however,
flourish there, Mr. Clark says. but
there is not an automobile in the
whole OF Liberia; in fact, there are no
wheeled vehicles at all, as there are
no roads and no railroads.
Life st the capital is village-like in
its simplicity. The people are kindly
and courteous, and Mr.. Clark is de.
lighted with the treatment he received
during his two years residence there.
Mr.. Clark says his British, French
and German colleagues work harmo-
nious'y, although there is some fric-
ton on political questions, but this is
OF no great Importance.
The port of Monrovia is showing
wonderful increase In shipping. More
than 400 steamers called there during
the past year with cargoes which ex-
ceeded million tons.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-06-04
Labeled the Children.

The crowded water front of the old
Canton of century ago, with its
thronging sampans alive from stem
to stern with swarming children, is
wildly pictured in the Memoirs of
William Hickey" In his account of
the innumerable boats that covered
the river for mile after mile, Mr.
Hickey describes novel method of
protecting the children of the floating
city from the dangers of the water.
Each child wore large vegetable
something like a gourd or pumpkin
fastened to it's back The vegetable
was buoyant, of course, and, if the
infant fell overheard, floated it until
the child was picked up by its par
ents or the occupants of any other
sampan that happened to be near. This
vegetable life-preserver had the name
and station of the sampan to which it
belonged cut in Chinese characters
upon it, and by that means the rescu-
ers could at once identify the child;
otherwise, in such multitude of boats
great confusion would have arisen. 1t
scarcely ever happened that. anyone
was drowned.