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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
Will Not Prosecute.

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SAN FRANCISCO, March 12.-U. S.
Attorney Preston announced today
that he would not press charges OF
white slavery against j. Fl. Dalton,
husband of the actress Marie Dress
ler. unless some substantial evidence
is submitted.
The charges were suggested by the
management Of the Gaiety theatre
here, following quarrel with Miss
Dressler who cancelled haT engage
ment at the play house because the
support was inadequate. TIE manage
ment sued for $500 charging breach
OF contract and subsequently in
ed Preston that Dalton who is also
her manager had never been divorced
from his first wife. Consequently it
was alleged he had been transporting
Miss Drsssler, whom he married later.
immorally. Dalton ridiculed the charge
saying his wife divorced him while
he was abroad.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
WAS VICTIM
q H1As'A
Fell From Gamer Twelve
Years Ag ld Died as La
borin 1an in Cheap
Lodging House.

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CHICAGO, March l2.--That Horace
Greeley Clarke, former Chicago attor-
ney who died in a laborers boarding
house at Cudahy, Wis, after disap-
pearing twelve years ago, was a VIC
tim of aphasia was the opinion OF
most OF his former associates today.
Clarke, a nephew of the late Gov
ernor Kirkwood, of Iowa, disappeared
July 1, 1902, and it was reported he
had fallen from steamer bound from
Chicago to Milwaukee. His bride OF
six months who was travelling with
him, offered a reward for the body,
but it was never found
Ons week ago laborer boarding
at the home of julius Bartz, in Cudahy
died from an overdose Of morphine
He was known simply as Harrie'
among the boarders, but one man
supplied his full name and a sister
Mrs. T. D. Carson of Iowa City, Iowa
identified the body yesterday.
Physicians believe Clarke's mine
may have become blank in his
struggle to get ashore when he fel
from the steamer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
CHARMED LIFE
Of FARMER
Two Attempts at Suicide Fail
ed by Only the
Merest Acct
dent.
FAMILY SET ON FIRE
Rope Broke When he Tried to Hang
Himself After the First Ef-
fort Had
Failed.
FAMILY SET ON FIRE

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ALLISON, Iowa. March 12.-Her-
man Walter, farmer, attempted to
commit suicide. last evening by beat
ing himself on the head with quart
bottle of whiskey. The bottle broke
and the alcohol became ignited from
the heating stove, setting fire to the
clothing Of his wife and small child
When Walter saw what he had
done, instead of helping his wife, who
was enveloped in flames, he went to
the barn, fastened one end Of ropa
around beam, tied the other around
his neck and jumped off into space
The rope became united, however, anG
he was uninjured except for few
scalp wounds.
In the meantime the wife had sue
ceedsd in extinguishing the flames
and summoned neighbors who helc
Walter until the sheriff arrived.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
CANNOT CONVICT
WOMAN OF MURDER
Thirteen Of Them Have Been Aequit-
ted in Cook County
Recently.

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CHICAGO, March You Cant
convict woman OF murder in this
county especially a pretty woman
and Stella was decidedly pr ytty, said
Assistant States Attorney O'Brien to.
Gay, commenting on the acauittal last
night of Stella Czemerowska, charged
with the murder of her fiance becansa
he Tilted her.
O'Brien, from memory compiled q
list of thirteen women, accused OF
murder in Cook county in rec snt years
and acquitted. He knew Of scarcely
an instance, he said, where a woman
had been convicted and then had been
forced to pay ths penalty either Of
long imprisonment or of death.
Polish friends Of the young girl de
fendant held celebration at hei
home today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
AMBASSADOR PAGES SPEECH
AT BRITISH BANQUET TABLE

United States would prefer that no
European government would gain
more land in the new world, " WAS
made in a resolution introduced this
afternoon by Senator Chamberlain.
What Chamberlain said he was most
interested in, was the alleged state
ment by Page that while he would
mot say that the United States had
constructed the Panama canal for
Great Britain, it had added greatly to
the pleasure of building that great
work, TO know how the British would
profit most by its use The resolu.
itiop also asked the secretary OF ststa
TO call upon the American ambassador,
to furnish forthwith for The use Of ths
senate, the evidence upon which this
particular portion Of his speech was
based.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
81 900 FEE FOR
TAKING NOTES
Alleged Lobbyist Caught at
Capitol, Tells That He Did
Nothing But Attend
Meetings.

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WASHINGTON, March IL How he
received thousand dollar fee and en-
tered into contracts involving $4,000
contingent fees, for doing nothing but
attending congressional committee
meetings and taking notes without
ever talking with congressman or
senators. was the astonishing tale
told the senate lobby committee today
by Charles w. De knight, alleged anti
Panama tolls lobbyist. The money,
he said, came from President Bowles
Of the Fore River Ship Building Co..
of Quincy, Mass. Asked what the
contingency" was, for which he was
to receive $4,000, De knight replied
ne was not sure but beseyed it was
for the Panama tolls bill passed in .
certain way that the company would
build more ships "in which case /
should get my $4,000" However the
witness added the bill did not pass
that way, so did not get anything
but $1,000"
what diu you 6uo W earn lne Ice
inquired Watts.
"Oh, there was lots of work in at
tending sessions and making notes., I
he said.
did you talk with any congressman
or senator's
NO
Later De Knight said former
stenographer had been discharged by
him for giving out certain fnforma'
tion to newspapers that embarrassed
I is clients. "She was the cause Of mis-
leading press reports" as to the work
witness declared. He adlsitted at
tending conference Of big ship build
ing interests but never heard of 9
| fund being raised.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
DIGGING BODIES
OUT OF RUINS
Four More Were Taken From
Aches This Morning
and One Identi-
fed.
WERE BADLY MUTILATED
Only by the Teeth Can Some OF Them
Be Identified and Civ
en- Their
Names.

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ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 12-Three
bodies, dismembered and charred be-
yond hope of identification except
possibly by means Of the teeth wers
taken from the ruins of the Missouri
Athletic club shortly after eight
o'clock this morning. At 8 a. M, the
body of Thos. ]. Wright, auditor or
the Vim. j. Lemp Brewing company,
was recovered.
The finding of the four bodies swell
ed the list OF the recovered dead to
| fourteen. 1t is believed at least six
tsen more bodies are in the ruins,
but some estimates have given the
number as greater than this.
! The work of seeking the remaining
bodies Is being carried on by bridge
carpenters, heading nearly 100 labor
ers. James N. McKelvsy, building
commissioner. is directing the work.
The bodies found later in the morn
ing were in the wreckage between
the third and fourth floors Z. Zach
body was without arms or legs, but
was complete enough to assure they
were bodies. Ali the torses were "
s ing face downward in the wreckage.
One was that OF "a small man, another
Z of man OF medium size and the
n third was that OF large man.
3. Near the body Of the man Of me-
sslinm sl5a. Mes fs;ias1ii II black ss,css
q gold tipped stylograph pen. The large
torso lay near bundle Of charred
papers, one of which was the charred
remains of Christmas telegram
signed "Heble.' Thr,e business cards
were nearby, but the only words which
could be deciphered on any OF them
. were implement company, Kansas
CITY,
Near ths small body was scrap
of paper which apparently had been
torn from note book. On the paper
! was the name Van r. Schormbo.' =
, Wrapped about Wright's hsad was
a towel. indicating his effort to pre-
veut suffocation
Spectaclas found in case partly
beneath one OF the three bodies UNI
4 covered today was identified at the
Erker Brothers Optical company as
+ having been sold to Burt Crcuchs as
, sistant sal manager OF the Western
Electric and Supply company.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
STEAMER
BURNED UP
Big Dock Fire Destroyed Prop
erty Worth Million Dol
lars and Wrecks
Vessels.

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PORTLAND, Ore, March 12.--The
Columbia dock here is afire and Is
threatened with total destruction. It
is feared the tramp steamer Glenroy
and several other ships may be de-
stroyed.
The fire started in Dock No. and
quickly spread to Dock No. 1, both
being destroyed. The Royal mail
steamship Glenroy and the British
steamer Cricket were at the dock and
both caught fire. Despite the efforts
Of the fire boats, the Cricket burned
to the waters edge and the Glsnroy
was burning fiercely at 9 o'clock.
The Glenroy carries 10000 tons OF
wheat and barley and this will be a
total loss.
1t is estimated that the damage to
all property affected will exceed ST.
600, 900.
During the fire, the Cricket. large
wooden vessel, was cut loose and
drifted against the Montgomery dock,
setting it aflrs. Part of the Montgom,
cry dock was saved, but the other
burned to the piling. Policeman Snee'
der discovered the FIRE at a, M, and
Immediately callsd the fire boats. The
land fire department was delayed in
reaching the scene by an open draw
| bridge. At 1920 the Cricket, which
had been loaGsd with asphalt, was
| floating on the surface of the water
the inflammable material burning
! fiercely. The Glenroy was total loss
| She is steel boat but her plates
were SO badly warped as to make re
pair impossible.
immigration officials took charge o
thirty-one Chinese sailors, members
Of the Glenroy crew.
The fire destroyed all the propert,
on the east water front between til,
north and south Albina ferries, includ
ing the wopd belonging to the Albin
ssIFuell stanipana and part Of the Sta
Sand company S plant.
4 The origin of the Are has not Sbael
determined.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
PASSING FREIGHT TRAINS
REDUCE RANKS OF ARMY

county IS still maintained but
every freight train passing car
ries as many OF the men as can con
veniently steal rides. The Southern
Pacific railway officials have ordered
train crews to overlook the brake
beam tourists and let as many of them
get out OF the country as are willing
to leave.
Many OF the idle men have an.
nounced their determination to remain
in camp near here until Kelly. VIM.
Phorne, "Roughneck" Teasdale and
other leaders are released from the
Sacramento jail. Peace authorities
here we're warned today that num-
ber of unemployed men had stolen in
to Sacramento during the night and
were planning depredations.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
WORKING GIRL IS
LIFE WORTH SIS
Settlement Of Claims After Three
Years Fiaht in Courts Of
New York.

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NEW YORK, March 12.After a
legal battle OF nearly three years. ad-
ministrators of the estates of twenty
three Of the victims Of the Triangle
shirt waist factory fire today settled
on the basis Of s75 each These
amounts will not be paid by Harris 4
Blanck, proprietors Of tho factory. or
Joseph E. Asch, owner of the build
ing in which 14S employe. were burn
ed to death but by an employers
liability company.
1t is understood that many other
cases of the 14S victims of the dis.
aster also have been settled out OF
court
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
a Race for the Lake.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
CHICAGO, March IL. Disturbed
while removing his clothes in prepa-
ration for nap on the fire escape of
q downtown sky scraper Benjamin
Alexander early today fed through
the business district clad only in un-
derclothing and headed for Lake Mich
igan. Just as he WAS ready to jump
into the water he was captured by
Patrolman Joseph Masterson, who
led him to the observation ward Of
the police station.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
Ayiators, Narrow Escane

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JERUSALEM. March u. Ismail
Bey and Nuri Bey, two ayiators of tia
Turkish army squad had narrow es-
capes from death To-Day when they
fsll into the Mediterranean near
Jaffa, 81 miles northwest of here.
lsmail lost control OF his motor while
high in the air, but MANAGED to vol
plane to the water, where both airmen
disentansled themselves from the
wreckage and swan to the Palestine
shore
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
NO PARDON FOR
THE OYNAM|TERs
President Wilson Would Not
Consider Any Requests
for Glen
ency.
MUST SERVE SENTENCES
Labor Organizations Send kilograms
Asking That Convicted
Men BE
Freed.

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WASHINGTON, March 12.-There
will be no executive clemency at this
time in the cases of the former Of
fcials of the International Associa-
ton Of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers, whose convictsen for impli-
cation in the countrywide dynamit-
ing conspiracy that eliminated in the
destruction Of the Los Angeles Times
building has been affirmed by the
supreme court.
This became known todsy when 1T
was stated that Senate. John W.
Kern, who was counsel fos the con-
victed men, has refused to press an
appeal to President Wilson for pardon.
LIT is understood Kern received an In
timation that President Wilson saw
no reason for any interference with
the mandate of the law
Senator Kern has received numer.
ious kilograms from labor organiza-
ltions urging that he act IN behalf OF
| his former clients, all of whom have
been remanded to Leavenwort.l prison
to serve their sentences. After con
sulting with number of his col
leagues, Senator Kern decided that il
would be ,unwise to urge the president
Ito act, at least until aftss the con
.lvicted men had served portion .
i their sentences.
4 The Indiana senator today sent &
THE organizations which telegraphet
sflim, letter explaining this fact.
/ 1t was understood that although
Senator Kern would take no actor
along this line, the president will BIZ
asked by Representative Buchanan
slof Illinois and other labor men II
the house to consider the claims o.
i former President Ryan and mis- asso
ciates 1t can be stated, however, OF
thigh authority that the president will
not interfere.
;.Attorney General McReynolds a tele
(, gram received from the United Min,
4 Workers headquarters In Indianap
oils, demanding the release of Moth
err Mary Jones. The attorney gen
eral will have an investigation mad
of the charges contained in the tele
gram which read: Federal interven
tion is sorely needed in Colorado. w
can Ill afford to talk about protectin
the rights of American citizens il
Mexico as long as a woman eight
:, years old can be confined in priso
by military authorities without an
charges being placed against her, dc
ried trial and refused bond, he
friends prevented from communication
with her, her requests for proper mee
ical attendance denied and every righ
guaranteed by the constitution OF tn
United States, set aside"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
THE WEATHER

For Ksokuk and vicinity Fair to-
night and Friday. Not much change
in temperature. Moderate variable
winds.
For Illinois and Missouri: Fair to-
night and Friday. Warmer south pof
ton tonight. Moderate variable winds
For Iowa: Fair tonight and Friday
Not much change in temperature
Moderate variabl5 winds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
Fire in School Building.

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BALTIMORE, Md, March 12.-One
thousand children, including twenty
cripples, escaped safely in a fire that
practically destroyed school number
20 here this morning. Flames broke
out at 10 a. M, and the children were
marched out safely by the teachers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
She Poses Undraped.

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NEW YORK. March 12.-Mrs. Char
lote Davis Porter-Briggs doesn't see
where her husband, Victor Harvey
Briggs. has any ground fer fighting
her suit for separation simply becaus 2
she posed as Innocence in the cos
tune of Rokaby Venus. Being an
artist, Mrs. Briggs declared she had
posed in the altogether before she
had appeared as undraped Venus. 81
have been model since won the
beauty prize in Cleveland of $4,000,
said Mrs. Briggs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
Reported to Have Said Some
Things Which Don't
Sound Good.

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WASHINGTON, March PA de-
mand on the state department for the
full text of the speech alleged to have
been delivered at the banquet of the
Associated Chambers of Commerce in
London. last night by Ambassador
Walter II. Page, in which Page was re
ported to have declared that the Mon
roe doctrine simply meant that the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
kelly's Soldiers Are Leaving
Rapidly When Food is
Refused.

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SACRAMENTO, Calf, March 12--
y u Is believed today that the memploy-
eu men themselves are solving the
problem presented by the presence
neaf mere OF the on To Washington
''rias led from San francisco by
General Charles Keiles i'he
camp across the river lii lo9o
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
viii Never Come Back.

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ZION CITY. Ill.,, March 12.-This
city of Dowieites received its first
visit from sat- craoa.-; and Chief Of
Police Walker, hot on the trail, ven,
tured the opinon that they will never
come again. The robbers opened
strong boxes in the town depot and
the Offices of a coal company and lum.
Der yard. Their aggregate loot was
81 in nickels and they left behind a
jimmy, crowbar and drill valued al
several times that amount.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
viii Wed April 80.

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STAATSBURG, N Y, March t2-
Vincent Astor and Miss Helen Dins-
more Huntington viii be married
here on April 80, 1t was announced to-
day. This ceremony probably will be
performed In the church of st. Mar
garet in which the bride-to-bes par
cnts were married.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
on st. Pasrick's Day.
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NEW YORK, March 12.-Colorso
wigs are to appear on Fifth avenue
ST. Patrick's day A feature Of the
parade win be four young women in
an Irish jaunting cart wearing the
very latest green wigs, (the young
women, not ths cart). The cart will
be drawn by four mules driven by
Miss Mary Donnelly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
Ten Year Old Chemist.

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JOLIET, ILL.,. March 12.-Ten year
old Donald Stewards experiments in
chemistry wrecked his mothers kitcll-
en- and disfgured him for life. The
boy manufactured an inflammable gas
in fruit jar and touched it off with
match. His face and body were
filled with bits OF glass.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
Weather Conditions,

The western field Of high pressure
has moved southwark over the west
ern plains with fair weather through
out the west, and the temperature ris-
ing in the northern mountain region,
while it is colder in the lake region
and the northeastern states, the tenn
perature falling to 10 above zero at
Buffalo last night.
There has been rain from the gull
coast inland to Tennessee, with de
preston on the Florida coast
Conditions indicate fair wealth sr
with little change in temperature foI
this section tonight and Friday
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
Shot Them Both.

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SHREy EPORT, La, March l2-
G,crge E. Williams, lumber msnufac-
turer, missing his wife. traced her to
the room of A. E Hudson, his book
keeper and shot them both.
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Read The Daily Cats City. 10
cents q week.
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Man to Admire.

Gibbs-"I admire man who says
the right thing at the right moment"
Dibbs--"So do l. particularly when
I'm thirsty Boston Transcript.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
Local observa;.ons.

March. Bar Their Wind W'th'r
Ii Z p. 30.52 30 NV PIT. .Cldy
IL 7 a. m. sO.5s 25 sW Clear
Snowfall for the past "a hours
trace.
River above low water Of 1864, is.
Chang in 2t hours, fall tenths
Mean temperature 11th, 80.
Lowest temperature, 27.
Highest temperature. "a,
Lowest temperature last night. "a,
FRED Il, GOSEWISGH.
Observer.
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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-01
CIVIL SERVICE.
DECISION MAKES
SHERIFF winner

Sheriff Roses contention that he
may promote men in the service OF
the police department without requir-
ing them to take a competitive ex-
animation before the civil service COM
mission was sustained today by the
supreme court. ....
Judge Quarles, yoicing the decision
of the court, holds that the act Great
ing the commission does not author
ize the commission to make rule re-
quiring competitive examination for
promotion of persons in the service,
and that the rule to that effect adopt
ed by the commission is void. .
The decision is summed up in these
words: ....... 49,"
The sheriff has authority to pro
mote a sergeant OF police who has
proved his fitness therefor, to the Of
flee of captain of police, when it can
be done with advantage to the depart
ment, without examination or approx
al by the civil service commission. ;"
The case is entitled Daniel Kama
hu VS.. James Bicknell, city and coun.
ty auditor. Bicknell, en- the order Of
the commission. mas. held up the pay
of Kamahu, whose promotion, con-
tended the commission, was in viola
ton of its rules and regulations. This
case was submitted on an agreed
statement of facts and on briefs with
out argument 1t covers the entire
question of the right of the sheriff
to make promotion appointments
without his appointees passing COM
petitive examination ~
The. next point before the court for
decision is whether clerk may be
appointed by the sheriff without TAX
ing civil service examination