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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-15
NOT GUILTY
OF MURDER
Chicago J1uies Have the Habit
Of Releasing Any Wonl
an Who Kills a
Man.

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CHICAGO. March 14.-Tw slve 1ur-
ors weighed the evidence in a mur-
der case, for a little over an hour
late today, took one ballot and flied
into the court room with verdict
freeing Mrs. Louise Vankeuren, Oh
the charge of Staying her husband,
John b. vanKeuren because he dis
coversd her alleged relations with an
other man. Crying Historically, Mrs.
yanKeuren. wan-faced. pitiful little
figure. threw her arms about her at
torney and embraced a stalwart son
who sat at her sioe throughout the
trial Then she swooned for the third
time today and court bailffs had to
fight back crowds of sympathetic
women who pressed forward to con
gratulate her.
Prosecutor Witty threw up his
hands with little gesture of des
! pair.
'.Well, it has been demonstrated
again that you cannot convict a. won
an of murder in Chicago court, h
commented 81 thought | might stant
a chance with the jury by waving de
mand for the death penalty. Blu
4 there seems to be growing aversion
among men against infiicting an!
sort of penalty upon a woman-espe
! tally where her helplessness was g
| evident as 1t was in this case
Witty offered list of thirteen 9th
4 81 women, acquitted OF murder in Ch'
cago courts recently. He admitted
however, that the states case agains
some OF them had been much strone
er than against Mr. Vankeuren an
! said h, We not altogether surprise
at the verdict.
/ The case was given to the jur
4 late this afternoon after the defens
had offered scarcely no evidence, say
the testimony cf character witnesse
and the statement of the son, Eal
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-15

Came Without Warning and Over
whelmed Number Of Villages
Along the Azov
Shore.
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ST. PETERSBURG, March

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ST. PETERSBURG, March
IA. More than 1,15O men,
women and children were
drowned tonight when a ter
rife hurricane in the province
of Kuban, accompanied by tor
rental rain, caused the sea Of
Azof to rise nine feet, inundat-
ing many towns.
In the town of Achtyrskaja,
near the city Of Azof, more
than 1000 persons pelished in
their sleep, when $50 houses
We swept into the sea by the
flood. which came with a
mighty rush and without warn
ing.
The death-dealing wall Of
water completely overwhelmed
the village Of Stajitza, on the
Azof shore and many people
were drowned.
At Yarenka.ia where the in
!, undation swamped many dwell
ings, giving their occupants NJ
chance to escape, $50 wer'
!, drowned.
4 At Achtyrskaja, where 20t
. workmen living on the shor'
, were carried bodily out to sea
the flood broke The dam acros
the river Don, causing rusl
of water to roll down on th
hamlet of Tamrjuk. drowning
, many more persons.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-15
GIRL BRIDE
AND AFFINITY
One Man Killed and Two 9th
ers Wounded During
Pitched Battle Of
Southerners.

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WINFIELD, La, March IA
fifteen year old bride tonight sits
weeping bitterly for her dead hus-
band, while her father and affinity,
Clarence McCollum, lie desperately
wounded result of pitched bat
tie which resulted from Albert Schol-
ars trying to gain possession OF his
bride, following a joy ride by her
with her affinity and his brother-in-
law, Will Hudgins. The shooting oc-
Cured at Dobson, La, eleven miles
from here, Friday night The bride,
now widow, Mrs. Jordan Scholars
left her home Thursday night with
Hudgins and McCullom during the alb
sence OF her husband. When she
failed to return Friday, Scholars ac
companied by his wife's father, vii
| liam Jordan found the girl wife at this
home of McCollum.
IF you want me, take me- she is
alleged to have flung in the face Of
her husband Scholars fired at Nc
Collum, the contents Of shot. CUR
striking the man in the arm and chest
A pitched battle ensued, with Schol
ars and Jordon ranged against Nc
Collum and Hudgins. Scholars wa
1 killed, Jordan and McCullom seri
ously wounded, while Hudgins es
capped injury and later eluded the PC
lice. The wounded men are unde
1.-THE surveillance of officers and tn
child widow is in jail. pending tn
loutcome of the wounds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-15
NOISY WAKE At DEATH
| Of BIC S|EGE[ STORE

lost $4,000 in the crash, endeavored
to climb upon counter that she
might, address the crowd to better ad-
vantage. Piteous cries of Z lost $500,
and lost $100'' came from the crowd.
At every new cry the crowd surged
in the direction of the Voice raised in
protest and demanding redress Men
|aand women pushed and jostled, hats
were fairly torn from heads and the
store detectives aided by floor walk
ers, fought their way through to the
depositors whose cries caused the
disturbance.
Gordon or fifteen uniformed police
was drawn UP outside the store but
after half hour of ceaseless en-
deavor, quiet was restored without re-
sorting to call for aid. The store
Twas then cleared and at GAS the big
| bell changed In the Fourteenth street
store.
| With the clang Of the gong in both
stores, clerks dropped their work
and with shout. hurried for their
lpay Every employe received his mon
ley for this week and even received
back the ten cent deposit made for
4 day In boarding school, There
were mingled tears and ss.,iles as til }
! Iemployes who had been associated
.|fer years took leave OF each other
l.rr the last time. Standing alone in
-,tnc Simpson Crawford store was
.iGeGrge McGoldrick, who had been
! employed there for twenty-five years.
HE Nept as he saw the crowd file out
t for the last time and then sadly pass
lcd through the door and on to the
-Isiieet, 1t was estimated today that
3 81, FER cent of the employees in the
I Simpson Crawford store had obtain
lei other places. Most or the -Four.
d ,eenth street store clerks have found
d 3Ilaces also, 1t was declared, but
9 eight representatives of ts,e Women's
i Protective League were busy among
3 the young women, handing out list:
D OF responsible employment agencies
y The white slayers, did not overlook
ii the prospects al forS y@tbss small
q army Of young girls being throw
IT Cit OF work and representatives Q
n several questionable "emp1oymen
agencies were discovered at worl
d among the clerks.
Is Siegel and yogel consulted witt
d. their attorneys today They are max
e ling what is believed to be asvafn fgh
Is to avoid bankruptcy proceedings
ly salgs,el has received scores OF threat
s. ening letters and on one OF seyel
n slloplifters arrested in the Foui
IS teenth street store today was fonn
a big revolver.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-15
Plot Nipped in the Bud Just
Before Prisoners Were
Ready to Crawl
Out.
PLANS CAREFULLY LAID
Prison Camp at Fort Bliss to
be Emptied Tonight, But
Women Tell the
Secret.

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Ell PASO, Texas, March a14.The
entire Twentieth infantry at Fort
bliss was called at even O'Clock to-
night to investigate the story told to-
General Hugh Scott, commandant, BY
two Mexican women. of a plot where
~ the $500 MeMcans interDedin the
prison camp at Fort Bliss We're to e5-
cape. According to the women, a
tunnel had been dug by the prison
ers from one OF the tents to a point
100 feet beyond the last line Of
American guards outside the camp.
The plot included the escape across
the border OF about 5000 prisoners
constituting the remnant of General
Salvador Mercado's Mexican federal
army which fed from Ojinga several
months ago after valiant nine days
defense against overwhel.s:ng odds.
According to the women, 5000 rifles
and quantities of ammunition had
been smuggled in the past fsw weeks
te various Mexican points for use Of
the reorganixed federal force, 1t was
psopoaed. to Sale tbaRe. ansl attncK
,jaarez. It having been believed that
BY Sunday night, General Francisco
Villa and his rebel army would have
gone to Torreon, leaving Juarez prac.
tically unguarded. 1t was also plan
ned to strike at General Venustiano
Carranza, ovsTpower his body guard
and seize the first chief" Of the con
stitutionalists himself. Carran2a -
night left Aqua Prieta for Juarez, so.
ing overland through Mexico. BY
Sunday night he. would have been in
easy striking distance.
The two women, both OF whom are
inmates OF the camp. said the plot
was hatched shortly after the camp
was established, the plans being lait
by engineers among the prisoners
The work was done by privates among
the volunteers In the camp who uset
picks and shovels furnished by tht
Y. s. army for the purpose of level
ing the ground on which the caml
stands. The work was done at night
the earth from the tunnel beint
strswn about the recently torn VI
camp streets.
For several weeks, the women de
& clare, only the men who originates
the plot were permitted to know an
thing about 1t. but during the pas
sStwo days the news has spread lik
wild fire through the camp that TIL
tunnel would be finished by sunda
night and that all who wished to es
cape should be in readiness. Th
women and children were to be lei
behind together with the sick an
some of the older officers who wer
not In condition to stand the hare
ships of the journey through the tut
mel and to points in Mexrso that ha
been agreed upon as places OF rel
devious.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-15
Clerks Tango at One While
Pandemonium Reigned at !
Fourteenth Street
Shop.
JOBS FOR NEARLY ALL
Twenty Three Hundred En-
ployes Walked Out and
Majority Have New
Places.

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NEW YORK, March ,s.--Amid
scenes of the widest disorder, during
which women's hats wers smashed,
clothing torn and the shrili voices OF
hysterical depositors In the defunct
private bank OF Henry Ssesel were
mingled with the sharp commands OF
Iprivate detectives who sought to re-
store quiet. the Fourteenth street
store and the Simpson Crawford COM
pany of the $10,00O,000 Siegel enter
prises, passed out of being late today.
The disorder and near-riot was In
the Fourteenth street store. At Simp-
son Crawfords there was no sign Of
trouble. Sales girls were tangoing
In the music room as the gong crash
ed out it's resounding peal for the
Hast time, announcing the close OF
business.
Just at the time when II seemed
that hundreds Of young women and
Igirls were to be thrown our upon the
streets without sign or hope oi
immediate re-employment, merchants
lof the city began coming forward TO
jday. OF the 1890 employees who walk
ted out Of the Siegei stores this even
ing, majority have been FURNISHED
with new positions and every effor
lis being made to make places fo
|others.
The Fourteenth street sore hat
planned to close. at 6 O'Clock thi
afternoon as did Simpson Crawford
This was impossible. At the closin.
hour every aisle of the store wa
packed Shoppers and the merel
curious pressed about the counters
Then the high, shrill voice of won
an rose above the babble OF clerk
and buyers.
4 have been robbed" the woma
exclaimed
She was Mrs l.. Matteson, who los
$1,000 in the wreck of the Siege
private bank.
.'lt was all | had in the world, e,
claimed Mrs. Matteson and tn
throngs in the aisles pressed towar
her and clamored excitedly as sh
launched into heated denunciatio
icf Henry Siegel and Fras.s 3. Voge
his PARTNER. Pushing her wa
] through the crowd she grasped at tn
t curtains which had been hung abo,
l. the section of the store which serve
e as the quarters of the private BAN
$ AS Mrs. Matteson tugged at the GU
Y Itains. the excitement In the crowd il
s creased Private detectives emplo
oil ed in the store finally reasned Mr.
/" Matteson and escorted her to II
II street.
q With Mrs. Matteson's outbreak, OF
ers Immediately started. There wei
dozens of depositors in the CROW
packed in the aisles. A half doze
u women became hysterical. One fair
8 ed and had to be carried c.k. A Ge
% man woman who declared she hi
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-15
New Postmaster at Toulon is
Friend Of Son-in-Law Of
President.

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PEORIA. ILL.,, March H. Republi-
cans OF the sixteenth congressional
district of Illinois today seized upon
the appointment of postmaster at
Ioulon as campaign material when it
was charged that Representative
Siaade Y. Stone had named Otto
nacmeister at the request OF Francis
. sayre, the presidents son-in-law.
hacmeister is young man and was
iot known to have bee.. a candidate.
among the candidates were j. Knox
nan postmaster under Cleveland's
hrst administration, and Harry b
Davis, a deputy sheriff w.lo had 7th
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-15
|N|l0O MEXICANS WOULD
ESCAPE THROUGH Tunnel

The women also declared two OF
the original plotters were slain by
their comrades few nights ago and
their bodies buried in the tunnel be-
cause of suspicion that they w-7re
weakening.
AT II p. m. the United States
troops were still searching the refu-
gees camp but had found no trace Of
the reported tunnel. General scott
|is personally conducting the search.
1t is supposed that the entrance to
the tunnel is concealed in one Of the
tents and as there are more than 1000
|of these, many of them with wooden
floors, the work is necessarily slow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-15
Exnress COMPANIES TO Stick.

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NEW YORK. March 1.-THE
Adams, American and Wells Fargo
Express companys, officials OF the
big Three declared today, will not
follow the example of the United
States Express company, which will
dissolve because of low rates ord ar-
ed by the interstate commerce corl-
mission z Officials Of the "big thrse"
express companies admitted that tn
parcel post and the lower rates or
dered by the Interstate comm srce
commission had hit them hard. \
They all feel that as soon as their
business is adjusted to new condi-
tons they will overcome the losses
they are now facing
We take the position that thssre is
room for express companies and par
eel post said 3. d. Caldwell, presl-
dent of the Wells Fargo Co. this
afternoon. We shall continue to do
business
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-15
THE WEATHER

WASHINGTON. March a. Wealth
er forecast: Illinois: Far Sunday
Monday far in south, cloudy In north
portion
Iowa Partly cloudy Sunday
warmer In east portion. Monday un
settled and somewhat colder.
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SPRING PAYS
EARLY CALL
Is Here a Week Ahead Of Time
According to the
Signs of the
Times.

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ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 14.-That
spring has really arrived was evi-
denced here this afternoon when the
first racing shell appeared On the Mis-
sippi river One of the mildest win
ters in the history of the twin cities
has lapsed gently into spring and to
proclaim the event, the kid League
has started practicing Oil tie corner
lots and the streets are crowded with
women buying their spring apparel.
Baskins for Weeks.
PORTLAND, Ore, March 14-Witf
Official" spring exactly one week dis
tant, Portland has been basking ir
vernal charms for many weeks Gro
cuses. blooming two weeks ago, have
given way to the golden daffodil and
rose bushes have put forth buds. Sew
eral Portland men have likewis,
bloomed with straw hats and the greer
| wig is sprouting on many waSeI
head in shop windows.
Week Ahead Of Time.
| LINCOLN, Nebr., March 14-Arriy
| ing a week ahead of the date set b.
astronomers as the official openin
of tile season, spring began in earne
today. The beautiful weather wa
called to mind especially by the fac
/ that two years ago today there was
raging blizzard in the binding cove
of which three desperate convicts she
and dynamited their way to liberty a
the Nebraska penitentiary, KILN
three prison officials.
Spring Is Here.
CHICAGO, March 14-SGil zip you
baby carriages advised Professe
i Cox, of the weather bureau tonigh
Spring is here and the mercury wi
go to So tomorrow
1t hit 60 today causing discomfo
to those addicted TO the red flann
habit.
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Spring Is Here.

Read The Daily Gate City, 1c
per week.
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carranza ON The Move.

carranza on the Move.
NOGALES, Ariz, March 14.-Gen
eral Vestuiano Carranza, accompan-
led by special guard Of 150 cavalry.
men, left Aqua Prieta, Sonora, late
tonight for .Juarez The rebel leader
plans to travel overland through
Mexican territory, passins through
the Sonora mormon colonies of Oiita
Pass, entering Chihuahua state on the
continental divide. The party will
strike the railroad at Casas Grandes
and proceed by train to JGarez.
/ Carranza would make ns statement
as to his plans upon arriving at
Juarez. Close advisers. however.
stated that it was unlikely he would
Join General Villa in MS attack on
Torreon, but would content himself
with remaining in Juarez, conducting
the constitutionalist government from
there and preventing any further in
lternational complications, such as the
Benton affair.
Diplomats are massed on the in
ternational border, the fighting men in
the interior was Carranza's only
.comment before his departure.
The rebel camp was uneasy because
Iof Villas prolonged stay at Juarez
fearing further international compli
cations. Invasion Of another Mexican
Estate by the rebels .was fprecasted to
Iday when General AIvaTo Abregnon
4 |commander in chief OF the consritu
5Itionalist in Sonora, was preparing t
lead picked force OF 10000 men II
1.-The state Of Jalisco. The start vii
be made, 1t was stated, immediately
after the attack on Torreon, If tha
venture Is successful.
Villa as Monster.
/, WASHINGTON, March s4.-"vills
will come into Ell Paso coon and blov
Z lup all the banks was the warning 0
iElfrigo Baca, Albuquerque, N. NJ, be
fore the house foreign affairs com
mittee today. Baca iati> claimed
i that the body of the Englishman Ben
ton will never be prodnc>d and ven
!. ltured the assertion that Villa ha'
slnot only killed Benton but had ecu
| lup the body and burned It.
) Then he launched into story Q
: 1.-THE fate Of Gustav Bauch, missin
/, German. Bauch is dead, accordin
Ito Baca's belief, shot down either b
: Villa or his henchmen upon villa
, |order. Baca claimed his cousin. j. .
Baca. had been incarcerated becaus
he aroused Villas ire by wearing a
:, American hat at the J1:srez race
In jail, his companion was Bauch. On
day they removed Bauch and anothe
imam. A muffled shot and screa,
. Ifollowed--and Baca declared this wa
Bauch's voice.
Baca pictured Villa as @brigan
$ lof the worst type'-a man who ha
p I"killed his chauffeur in cold blood b.
I cause he couldn't start machine
d desperate who shot down men as q
g example to his soldiers and who ou
l. ragged women whenever ne saw fl
Al He charged that General Menoc
d had sold out to Villa at Juare
/ \
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River above low water OF J86I,
foot, tenths.
Change in "a hours, fall tenths.
Mean temperature, SIS.
Highest temperature, GS.
Lowest temperature, AZ
Lowest temperature Friday night
AZ.
FRED q. Gos~.WIScH.
Observer
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-05-30
THE IRISH STANDARD

sion in this most important field of
art. Windows which admit light and
give color and beauty of effect are
demanded now where the dark and
somber windows from the less cul-
tured and unecclesiastical artists OF
Protestant Europe were in demand
before.
While I have met with the most
encouraging appreciation on the part
of American architects in my effort
to revive Celtic art and Celt c ideals
of art, the ecclesiastical artists of
Ireland are meeting with no less
marked success and recognition. 1t
seems apparent that in the Celtic re-
vival Irish art will take a place with
Irish literature and music on the
same high plane that Irish architec-
ture, under the name of Gothic, has
always occupied.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-05-30
MRS. ROSE ID. RlTTMAN,
High Chief Ranger.


Much credit is due to the chief
executive officer of the organization.
the high chief ranger, Mrs. Rose d.
Rittman, through whose wise judge
ment and careful management the
order has attained its present stand
ing. Much enthusiasm has been
aroused among the members during
the past year as has been evidenced
in the various class limitations in the
different parts of the country and es-
pecially in the recent large demon
stration held in Chicago when class
of 1881 new members were given
the pledge of membership. Never
before was there seen such an i'm
mense gathering of Catholic women
as were present to witness the cere-
monies.
The numerical strength and
splendid financial standing of the
Women's Catholic Order of Forest
ers places it in the first ranks of
fraternal societies. Because of its
progressiveness and because of its
unity and strength it is safe or
ganization in which to carry insur-
ance.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-05-30
The Women's Catholic Order of Foresters

The Women's Catholic Order Of
Foresters is fraternal beneficiary
society incorporated under the laws
of the State of Illinois. 1t had its
inception in the city of Chicago and
Catholic charity among it's members.
In looking after the financial welfare
of the order the fraternal side is not
forgotten. Many home is made
happier, many a sorrowing heart
comforted and many a discouraged,
members.
The object of the order is to pro-
mote friendship, unity and true
Certificates are issued to the
amounts of $500, $1,000. $1,000,
$4,000 and $4,000. Death claims are
paid promptly and without any quib-
bling. Over $7.0OO.0O0 has been
paid out to beneficiaries of deceased
obtained its charter from the State
of Illinois January 31st, 1894. In
the twenty years of its existence it
has made rapid strides. From
humble beginning of thirty-seven
charter members it has now en-
rolled over $4,000 beneficiary men,
bers in 1,O12 courts distributed
throughout the United States and
Canada. 1t has accumulated re-
serve fund of over a million dollars,
which it has invested in municipal
bonds.
disheartened sister cheered by the
kind words and deeds of loyal
Forester.
Our courts have contrib uted to the
Catholic Church Extension Society
and have assisted in the building of
a number of Catholic chapels in poor
and scattered localities, thus helping
in the great work of uplifting hui
mainly and promoting our religion.
The headquarters of the w. G. o.
F. is the Unity Building, Chicago.
and it's officers are: Most Rev. James
e. Quigley, D. D., high court chap
lain; Mrs. Rose D. Rittman. H. G.
r.; Miss Annie E. Daley, H. v. G.
R.; Miss Helen T. Kelly, H. S.; Mrs.
Margaret Diedrich, H. T.; high
trustees-Mrs. Anna R. Cannon.
Mrs. Mary A. Quirk, Mrs. Anna j.
Korzeniewski, Mrs. Margaret Flip,
Miss Catharine Goggin, Mrs. Mar
garet Galway, Mrs. Josephine Des-
marais; DR.. Anna Dryer, high medi-
cal examiner.