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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-22
CoURTINe A SPANISH GIRL
PROCEEDS ON ODD LlNrc
Nowhere Else in the World is cr.
tom So Novel.

In no other country In the wo.,.
the process in courtlng proceed on 80
unique lines as in Spain In NO o.,
country does love at first sight =. s'
quently lead to marriage. Tho ~.
unmarried girl of good socia, ro.,,
never walks In the street unIe,s Va
panied by a chaperon, and IL ia ona'
permissible for any man who ia s,,r...'.
by her to follow her. He must No. -
abreast of her, nor ought he. or !,
hrst occasion, to speak to her. uo,,s
aseertained where she lives, IL bo .
sincere in his pursuit, he makes trsou..,
appearances under the window, and 49,.
tinues to follow her when she ana ~
chaperon go out.
II the lady intends to respond .,.
presently make an appearance on ,,'
balcony and enter into conversation ,n,.s
him. He may even talk To bor
she goes out, and her chaperon will, 49,"
deaf ear when the lady covIv thu.-'
replies over her shoulder. In this som.
what extraordinary way each d,sco,.s.
the social position of the other. and a..
IL Independent inquiries made by nar.s,'
and guardians are quite satisfae,orv a..
little Irritation from the balcony puru,,
an uninterrupted course, and the ma.
gradually attains a recognized pos,,,.s
as his adored ones novio.
For months the bashful couple v,u
linger at this pleasant stage. Ru, :,
length the times comes when the no,,, !.
received into the girls home and n,eo,.
her parents. lie is, however, never ~,
one moment left alone with her, and ~,
evening in the Castelano in Madrid ,..
may see young couples in this stage wall.
ing out, accompanied by deaf NUT.
lady! The tram cars in Madrid are cor.
structed with seats for two on one ala.
of the gangway, and a single seat on IN.
other; the single one is known az IN.
chaperons
While these pleasant stages are drifting
on. either party is free to end the friend.
ship, but at last comes the time whs,
the noVio, plucking up all courage, goo,
through the formal ceremony of asking
for the lady's hand. If this is duv
granted, there Is then an official he.
trothal, which is usually followed by
wedding within few weeks
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-22
YOUTH AND ACE

STNHEREs not a joy the world
l When the in ing
Ts youths smooth
the tender bloom OF heart is
whose spirits o
driven the shoals OF guilt
which their shiysged
the OF esouIH
[ woe dare dream
In OF Tears
though the sparkle still
o. $ I Ihavsb been
/ er many vanishe
found
BYRON
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-22
COUNTER Condolences
A Few Points Concerning Present and
Future Prices for Cotton Sheets.

L
Future Prices for Cotton Sheets.
~ COURSE, it is difficult to tell
what the future price Of cotton will
be, but one thing is certain, it
won't be any less and in all probability
will be much higher.
At first thought this seems to be a most
illogical condition of affairs, for, accord
ing to all reports, Southern warehouses
are bursting with bales of raw cotton,
simply because there is no European mar
ket for this staple. Another fact in con-
nection with the probable rise in the
price of cotton goods is that bankers and
brokers are loaning money to plantation
owners and cotton brokers and accepting
warehouse receipts as collateral.
This may be the first time in the history
of the cotton trade when warehouse re-
ceipts became legal tender, broadly
speaking.
While the yardage supply OF cotton
shceting and pillow case tubing seems TO
be as limitless as usual, and while a
broker can OBTAIN money on warehouse
receipts he will not sell his cotton to
manufacturers and weavers for a lower
price than that which he can obtain
ordinarily abroad. He suffers no imme-
diate loss Of income, and the chances are
that II he holds his commodity he will
make a goodly profit later on.
Should the war be settled within few
months time or peace he declared, pend
ing new treaty prospects, then Europe
will! be hungry for cotton again In either
event IL seems as though those Of us who
will need to buy sheets and pillowcases
for our spring and summer supply had
better take advantage OF the present
rates, which are normal, and lay in a
supply To anticipate a future rise in price.
When the time comes for replenishlng
these wholesale stocks. then we shall see
a higher range Of prices.
A word TO the wise is sufficient
THE GIRL BEHIND THE COUNTER. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-22
LET TRIMMINGS IN VOGUE

The glitter OF jet is seen on many Of
the creations of the s-ason II Us riding
the wave Of popularity-and jet motifs,
bands. wide and narrow, and balloons Of
different cut and size trim frocks and
blouses.
Jet buttons in olive and diamond shape
are used with loops OF silk instead OF
buttonholes. The touch of black that con-
tributes 10 the artistic success OF some
OF the most delicate and ethereal cos
tunes is supplied most delightfully."- by
Jet
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-22

Correspondence OF general Interest
to women readers will be printed on
this page. Such correspondence should
be addressed to the Woman's Editor,
Evening Ledger.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-01
RELIABLE WAR NEWS.

Napoleon may have been orea,
general; John Hay may have had
an idea that he was some diplomat,
but the way some press associa.
tlons are handling the Mexican Sit.
uation, would make Annanias and
Baron Munchausen turn In their
graves and cry for help.
Readers Of the newspapers, who
compare the reports Of the United
Press ~ published exclusively in
keokuk in The Gate City, with
other newspapers, have been anus
ed during the past few days with
the way the news has been Jug
sied and how each days develop
ments bring out the inaccuracies
Of the day before.
The morning papers Of yester-
day, In sIarins headlines, proclaim
ed the bombardment Of MaxaniiIo
by the American battIeships. This
was proved absolutely false. The
United Press sends out no news
for morning papers during the
week, maintaining only the even
Ing service and the service for
Sunday morning papers, therefore
the blame for this bit Of "yelIow'
news easiIy finds Its home.
Nearly every day some startling
item 10 printed by other than Unit
ed Press papers, Of some event
which has not happened-such as
the landing Of troops at Tampico,
the attack Of Laredo. Texas, by the
Mexlcans, the assassination Of
o'Shaughnessy, the break between
Villa and carranSa. and the land
ing Of Funston's men at Vera
Cruz two days too soon. Com.
parisons with United Press actual
happenings. has given the reading
public tip as to which news can
be relied upon.
Fake news often makes very in
terestlna reading matter, but when
Il 10 found to have been entirely
false, the reading public soon be-
gins to read every item with q
grain OF salt.
The United Press told Of the
occupation Of Vera Cruz hours be.
fore other papers had it- II told
Of the landing Of Funston's troops
when they actually Ianded-not
two days ahead Of time and the
arrival of o'shaushnessy at Vera
Cruz when he really got there riot
q day ahead OF time.
The careful reader has found out
during the past se" days, that the
United Press is the only news SER
vice which 10 giving the actual,
reliable reports. It's mission 10
giving the ne~s--not directing the
army and navy and sending them
where Il Wills.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-01
DRY SPEAKER IN
WET TERRITORY .||:|
Rev. Patmont Did Not Fill HIS
Engagement and Was
Probably Muir
dered.
WILL DIG UP THE BODY
Corpse Found on Railroad Track Was
Identified by the Brother
Of the Missing
e! Man.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 1.-THE
body Of man supposed to be Rev.
Louis Patmont, dry worker of West
Vile, Ill, found dead on the Lake
Shore tracks here April 6, will prob.
ably be exhumed, It was said today,
to determine whether a previous iden.
tification was correct. Oscar Patmont,
Canton, Ohio, brother, Is said to
have identified the remains as those
|of Rev. Patmont.
DR.. A. II. KLEIN. cousin, and Rev.
'C F. Witty, OF Detroit today con-
ferred with Coroner Byrne. looking to
the elimination.
They expressed the belief that Rev.
Patmont was murdered and HIS body
placed on the railroad tracks as q
blind. According to local authorities.
Tony Bluges, arrested on suspicion
in connection With the minister's dis
appearance, is held at Danyille, Ill.
He is said to have been hired to fol-
low the minister during the local
option fight at westville.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-01
EVERY one OF THE men IN
That HELL PIT IS DEAD
REPORTS RESCUER At mine

died from gas and then with his com
panions had adjusted his oxygen he'll
met and remained until the oxygen
was about gone. Humping temples
and labored breathing told them to
get out before death. too overlook
them.
with seventy-five bodies found,
there are still many more corpses
within the clogged mine Bringing
out these is slow. The work is ham
pared by gas and fallen walls and
timbers. In the meantime the bodies.
as fast as brought to the surface.
were to be buried today
The graves are dug. The cofiins
are ready and burials are TO follow
brief service In Polish and other
churches late this afternoon. Sons
bodies are in terrible condition and
burial ct once is imperative. Eight
funerals were held yesterday. The
bodi IS were taken from mine No. 8
from wiich sixty-seyen escaped alive.
In all $50 lives paid the toll of the
disaster.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-01

Municipal Electricity In Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, May 1.-The city Of
Cleveland--home of three cent street
car fares, and other progressive mum
icipal advantages-today began furn-
ishing its customers" residents Of
Cleveland. with electricity at three
cents the ki.owatt hour The regular
price charged by corporations is ten
cents. At the start 10000 custom
ers' can be supplied. Two big mum
icipal electricmaking plants turned
their wheels today for the frst time.
BAckers Of the project are confident
Il will mean private corporations must
be forced down to the same price.
The making OF electricity for sale to
it's residents is no new thing to pro-
gressiye Cleveland. For several years
enough electricity has been made to
supply 1000 people. Eventually. city
officials declared today, Cleveland will
furnish electricity for every home in
the city unless private corporations
come down to Cleveland's three cent
charge.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-01
ORDER IN STRIKE
ZONE WHILE ROCKEFELLER
IS SUBJECT OF ATTACK

ing refusal to disarm at the behest
of regulars.
HoIbrook's announcement con-
strued by them by meaning tnat ne
would ask the miners to surrender
their weapons, while allowing the
guards to retain theirs as long as
they stay on mining property mas
much as the strikers contend thet the
attitude of the guards and their
possession of weapons while the strik.
ers had none, caused the entire erou-
BILE in Colorado, they threaten to ig-
more the order.
Today meeting was held At San
Rafael strikers camp, just outaide OF
here, attended by H. n. Hawkins,
miners attorney, and all the strike
leaders of the district to Atscuss
whether the men shall surrender
their arms. If necessary, it 81 said.
protest will be made to the federal
authorities at Washington against
the disarming of one side in the Bit
ter controversy without disarmins
the other
Stricken southern coiofadois is hope
full that the end OF blood1etting -
near. Peace reigned over the coal
district today, as the regular troops
went about their work of pacifcation,
with order and precision At Waisen-
burg the scene OF the most isansninary
nghting between the militia and the
strikers. Captain G. c. Smith and six
ty-five men OF Troop G. Scond Is.
cavaJry. was in charge. mith nela
a lons conference durinl the 1ssH
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-01
by william G. 6herd, United
Press Stan Sespondent.l

| Lby William u. <F&1jOnerQ, united
| Press Stan g Aspondent.]
VERA CRUZ, Mexico, April 27.
by mail to New York. The news
OF the landing OF marines came to
Mexico City like crash of thunder
from clear sky. For three days
Americans had been fleeing from the
city on the nightly trains to Vera
Cruz, departing amid the jeers OF
Mexican crowds on the platform OF
the Buena Vista station. Huerta had
been maintaining the strictest order
in the city, prohibiting the formation
OF crowds and declining permission to
the newspapers to print the fact that
Mexico had refused to salute the
American flag. Americans had felt
perfectly safe and had gone about the
streets as usual, meeting only ugly
looks and grim remarks. Tuesday
morning, April 21, at 10 o'clock, man
at the club received code message
from Vera Cruz saying Admiral
Fletcher intended to land marines at
Vera Cruz at noon The word went
like wild fire in the American colony.
Men telephoned to their homes tell
ing their wives aud children to stay
indoors until the men could reach
them. The code message was soon
verified by news which came over
railway wires BY noon there was q
large crowd OF men at the cable and
telegraph omces waiting for what
news they could get Of the landing.
/ was at the cable office.
As soon as the news was confirmed,
filed . simple code message read
ing: Films forwarded In Vera Cruz"
which in our private code meant:
American troops have entered
Mexico at Vera Cruz"
This was followed by . second code
message. did not know that thess
messages reached New York until /
arrived In Vera Cruz today They
we're Aled while the excitement Ii III u
ssat,lH once -. "a "a heagslt .;,i4.yi Y
They've landed the operator At
the Vera Cruz end told us. They're
firing in the city Ten minutes later
he wired: '.The American marines
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-01
4s,ooo MIners win strlke.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, May 1.Forty.
flvs thousand union coal miners IN
Ohio viii 90 on strike Monday. nc
aoFaiu9 81 ! stA4en4nf from the stats
I y e sse sss ddl6n (ftne 6fK.
ers here today Refusal of operators
to meet the demand. for run OF mine
pay basis. IL the cause I. Is said. The
run Of mine system would pay miners
for al coal mined instead Of the
screened product.
The executive board of the Ohio
miners will meet President John
Moore here late this afternoon when
strike action will be recommended to
the International board, meeting in
indianapolis Monday.
Practically ali miners in Ohio have
been idle since April l, when most
every mine was closed down. pending
a renewal OF negotiations for wage
scale agreement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-01
An Hour Gained.

II United Press Leased Wire Service ]
CLEVELAND. Ohio, May 1.-Cieve-
land arose and got into activity an
hour earlier today. The city officially
changed from central to eastern time
at a. M (midnight central time)
when factory whistles footed and ev-
ery one turned forward the hands Of
their watches and clock. Henceforth
this and many other northern and
eastern Ohio cities will operate with
one hour more of daylight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-01

RI ACE IS NOT ExPEC CTED
(E3y John Edwin Nevin, United Pres
Correspondent


Correspondent
WARRINGTON. May That per.
& naanent peace With Mexico IL not ex
prseted "a RESULT from the present ms
\ ,aiatfen negotiations was Indicated to
D Day ~ the request that appr0pria,
lions Of the army bill. totalling up.
ards OF 500. 900 900 be made imme-
diately available. The bill now In
the hands of the president, carries
appropriations available after June 4,
A Joint resolution has been intro.
4 duced by Representative Henry. chair
4 man Of the house military affairs
committee. making the money fmme-
Siiately available This resolution has
the approval Of President Wilson. A
simflAr Rider II expected to be 1t.
cached 70 the naval appropriation bill
now under consideration by con-
L S6Fsss This action 4 In line With al
D c4ations that are being taken BY
tA1s sovesument Nothing + TO be
4 I'm undone to have the armed fofcoe
i stafe ~ compiete pToparednesa
a No 1te10rs 1nelly robert they
c41oot kl7g ab0Nt - Il E0omeat. lt
81
50 y i m y hetWsQs tho
: - - "a Hnsf5ta u tlSs time
\ TiS 6SSIeship fleet VS. ordered
south. : speedy settlement could be
Teached Huerta has made It plain
ii unofnciAi negotiations with repre-
Seatatives with the envoys that he II
willing 70 salute the flag uncondition-
ally if the United States forces will
Withdraw from Vera Cruz. He has
been told, however, that things have
gone tho Tar and that now the Unit
ed States insists he must eliminate
himself.
The mediators we're waiting today
for Carranxa,s complete reply to their
request for his CONCESSIONS OF hostili-
ties, pending negotiations on the
broad plane to settle al OF Mexico's
troubles This answer is understood
unoffciaily to be fiat refusal but
the mediators were hopeful that In II
CarranxA might outline conditions
which they could seize upon. to re-
open the matter. They were in SEES
sion until long after daylight today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-01
New ,nstitute for pittsburah.

PITTSBliRGH, May L.. Work was
begun today on .he buildings OF the
new Hebrew Institute or Pittsburgh.
on d recently acquired plot in Yylic
avenue. near Green street. About
$4,000 was subscribed for the insti-
tute. which, at is opening viii have
class room Accommodations for about
600 pupils.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-01
Trust work May start Today

WASHINGTON, May H.. Trust pro
gram leaders expected today to OBJ
serve May day by launching in the
ho,ise their trust bills. This pro
gram will consume weeks. according
to present indications, and with the
accumulation OF other business, delay
adjustment until August Is or Sep
sember L
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-01
Siberia in Trouble in Foreign
Waters According to Wire
less Appeals
Sent Out.
IS AN UNSUITABLE SHIP.
Mrs. Harrison, Wife of the
New Governor General of
the Philippines is
on Board.
IS AN UNSUITABLE SHIP

United Press Leased Wire Service ]
WASHINGTON, May 1.-The pas.
senger steamer Siberia, plying be.
tween San Francisco and the orient
is believed to have foundered today
In latitude 22.4O; longitude 121. 10, ac-
cording to state department. advices.
The Formosa government cabling
from Lansui to the department today,
said that the Siberia signalled re-
|peatedly for aid from the latitude and
Longitude but ceased This Immediate
". A vessel was sent from Karenko
and It will take six hours to reach the
scene near Kasho Island six miles
OF Lai Lou. The state departments
message from Formosa concluded:
Fear Siberia foundered.s
Crew Of 2e2 Men.
NEW YORK. May 1.-The steamer
Siberia reported ashore on the Island
of F0rmosa 10 owned by the Pacific
Mail Steamship company. At the Of
fices here It was stated today that
the Siberia was enroute from San
Francisco to Hong Kong She travels
regularly between the two points,
carving passengers. freight ana mail
1'fse Pacific Man .pfatials slid that
Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison board
ed the Siberia at Yokohana, enroute
to Manila. The steamship ohicials
had nothing further than state de-
partment ady1ces.
The Siberia left San Francisco
April Z. The last report received
from her was from Yokohama, where
she sailed April 81. The Siberia ie OF
$4,000 tons displacement and has three
complete decks and a promenade
deck. She is equipped with ten COM
plete water tight bulkheads to the up
per deck and six to the main deck.
The Siberia has been declared unsink-
able. The vessel is magnifcantly fin-
ished, the state rooms being paneled
in white with dark cherry trimmings
The Siberia carries a crew of 2G2
men. The vessel was built by the
New Port News Ship Building and
Dry Dock company
Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison. re-
ported on the Siberia. is the wife of
the new governor general Of the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-01

UNITED Press LEASED Wire Service ]
nQCIES. w. Va, May i-At day.
break today at least seventy-fivs
oiecksned corpses had been located
N mine No. S Of the New River Col
herles company here and rescuers are
psangilg seven to the surface and
A. searching for more victims OF
siSsday's explosion.
Every oue OF the men in tlat b III
Y dead sasped government
ine sepeue worker o. he s.eaaereed
pm eeao~ uound early today He
ase - &. csnaSy 6sf1 antil Il
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-01
|Hg{RIA AGREES To SAlUTE
TROOPS ARE WITHDRAWN.

discussing this point. but no informa
ton was forthcoming regarding .th,
outcome. During the progress Of ne
gotiations the mediators sent 70,
Secretary Bryan and told him tina
Huerta had agreed to cessation q
all hostilities between his forces and
those OF the United States, pending
the outcome Of mediation negotia
|tions.
Bryan repeated his formal assur
ances that the United States took !,
for granted that there would be nc
hostilities during that period but
would 60 no further.
The secretary OF state said today
that he was still hopeful there would
soon be complete working out OF
the entire Mexican problem. He re
fused point blank to comment on the
attitude OF the constitutionalists OF
to Indicate whether he believed the
refusal to cease fighting. would seri
ously menace the peace prospect
There was Indication, however. that
he did not look for very speedy action
~ - nAs " l9piy ~ queSsiou queoSas1i'o.u ' ~
has now definitely abandoned his
proposed vacation trip to Florida. He
said: "Oh, that is all of. am now
hoping that ! may be able to get
away for few days late ~ the sum.
mer.' ,5.
Circumstantial reports are IN clrcu-
iiation here that the administration
4 gn~~ 4. - t. AI1<u
has urged villa TO strike nard N the
north without delay ana take saitiiio
and Tampico before there can pc any
direct result OF the mediation neso-
tiafions. The moral erect OF sucn
victory at TINS time, wouid aid ma
tef1ally In the cause OF the revolutlon-
lists. With the SEAPORT ana All nortn-
ern Mexico - their nands. tney Win
some show of justice, couid ASA recoe-
milton Of their eeiileerent Iisnts, anu
Il this we're granted, could tnsn -
TOE aInS anQ A1nluHlsol ~ a. -
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-01
Many Now Rates Effective.

WASHINGTON. May MANY COM
modify rates lower than existing ones
went into effect upon the interstate
commerce commissions order, today,
between Chicago, Mississippi and
Missouri river points to Denver and
Colorado points.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-01
Senator Kenyon of Iowa Asks
That Charter to General
Education Board be
Revoked
STRIKERS HOLD MEETINGS
May Refuse to Lay Down
Their Arms in Colorado as
Demanded by Federal
Troops.
[By Fred ]. Wilson. United Pres
Staff Correspondent I

StAif COrTespOndentI
TRINIDAD. Colo, May 1.-The
United States cavalrymen sent to re.
store order in the southern Colorado
coal fields. encountered their first seri-
ons complication today following the
announcement OF Major Holbrook. !.
commanding, that he would demand
that mine guards remain strictly on
the mine properties and that the
strikers stay away from these proper
ties.
AS a result, the strikers tolay de-
clared they were seriously consider