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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-12-03

LETTER @ode, uno % er Sen 9rans=
port nad ct. CLOUD 10 gut iiber-
itano, glarbte man, er tperoe unter
Ser dr5tliden 8ebanolung un6 beio11<
6eren Bflege int @oipital ieinen
idlinmen Mnfaa mieoer iberleben.
50 hofften uno pii11idten nidt bloB
feline 11aiditen Mn~geborige11> 10 bofften
nit ibnen feline @erponbten u1o Sic
Sdour ieiner 6rel1noe. Sod in 1ieien
5uperiidtliden @offnl1ngen tpuroe
mani leioer getaufdt, 6em trob Ser
bel ten me,idliden @iilfe muBte@o ttb.
@arren ant Mben6e oes 9anfiagungs-
tages, beite1ts auf ben idmeren Sang
in Die gtpigfeit borbereitet, BENT 1111<
erbitt1iden Go6e ieiren Gribut 5ol=
len. Surg Dor ieinem sdeioen per-
abidieoeten ii4 in ser 5uperiidtli@e11
@offm1ng, 6ab er Dem 2eben piirbe
erbalten bleiben, feline @attin nno
sdmeiter, nidt ob1rerb> bab balls
1adber tb1en Die Na6ridt ipiirbe,
Ser 500 babe oen geliebtert @attelt
ltn6 8ru6er bon ieinem 2ei6en erI0it
un6 in bas Before Senieits entfii5rt.
@ottbaro Sarren tpur6e inn Eotp11
ct Mugl1ito als @obn ser &ionier-
8amilie Soiepb &arrer inn Mai 1859
geboren. Mls Is Sabre alter Siirg-
ling miomete er iih oem2ebrfo@, Sem
er NIT Ml1snabnte iener Sabre, in
oenen er fir ieinen 8eruf, Dem er Biz
5u ieinem 2ebensenoe tre11 blieb, cine
aeoiegene Ma1sbiI6ung oritrebte rno
ipat,rbin 6urd ieine1 eigenen SIeiB
ertporb, gait er ia unter ieinen Be.
rnfsgenoiien als ein nodobmenstper-
ties 8eiipiel, 6os in gang beionberer
@eiie geebrt tp1tr6e romentlid CUR
Belt, als Ser fotboliihe 2ebrerper,
banb, Der bom feI. 8iidof 3ar6eti
angeregt un6 itets befiirtportet muir
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-12-03
2prb @itdener liiet alio aud. glm

Conner tag bat er oen Wf1tglieoer11
6es nnterbauies bon einem groBen
giege Ser &ulien er5ablt, obi6on er
mii1en muBte nn6 8tpeifeuos a11d &C.
tpu5t bat, BOB er sic lnpobrbeit
iagte. MlS &itdener feline &e6e bielt,
mar er ie6enfous ldngit inn 8eltte
6es, 8erliner omtli6en @eridtss,
na6 peldem sic 9eutiden III @olcn
nidt muir feline Mte0erlage erltttsn
ionoern a11b Sen &uiien gang .em=
pfin6lid)e @6IGge beigebradt baben.
@itdener lit nit 6em @barafter Ser
amtliden 6eutiden 8eri@teritattung
jebenfaus geniigen6 bertra1tt, I'M ST
tpiiien, 6aB man iih mtf lie unbe6tngt
perlaiien fann. Ssn 6ieiem Solle fam
bin3u, 6aB 6ie Mel6ung bon Ser an
gebliben Mie6erlage Der Del1tl6en
nift ettpa aus amt1iden ruiitiden
Quel1en fom, fonbern bon 8eri6ter=
itottern, sic Oh ibrer nn5uperldIitg=
felt in Ser go115en @elt befannt itnb.
@ir tpiir6en sic MeI6ung a1t6 Damn
niht geglarbt baben, metn iie aus
omtIiden 0nellen gefommen mdre,
6enn sic 1igen oud); mir miir6en ab<
gepartet boben, mas 8erlin 5u iagen
gebobt b6tte. Sn Der porliegenoen
6orn1 ober tpar sic Melbung als @r.
finoung o1@ 6ern unfunoigen Muge
erfennbor, un6 in oer amtliden Con,
bonner areifen Fat man iebenfans
gang eena11 gepuBt, mie man Tie gu
bepertben botte. @enn 2orb &t-
&ener fi@ bennod nidt gei6eut bd,
sic erfun6ene siegesmeloung 5u be.
niitcn, 6em Torlament @rtb ein3u-
re6en, Damn muB es Der lltdt fhleht
I'M @ngIon6s So4e beitellt iein.
Son einem mo11ne in &itdeners
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-12-03
0as euoliide &plf idjeint brinaemb

WV Suy*sIWS ~~*~ I"S'''~ ~~''O~''~
ser Mufnnuter11ng 3u beoiirfem, mno
es ibeint nidt geraoe lei9t gu iein,
es bel gutter Stimmllng gu erbalten.
Gas in 2onbpn im1ner bon nellem
altftal,d)enbe @eriidt, Dealtldlano
lei friegsmiioe uno iebne iib nad
Irieoen, oeutet barauf fin. @s lit
nidt idper, sic Quelle oieieS Sc,
riidtes 81 %erratben; ieoer, Ser Die
Mittel fennt, NIT ser Sir gowaro
@rey gu arbeiten pflegt, meiB, BOB
file in Dotpning Street geitdt tperoen
m1B. 9elltidlano bat feine &eran-
lallutrg friegsmiioe gu fem, ober eng,
lano fat iebr piel geranlaiiung. Sir
Del,tid)lm1o lit Sic situation mir
genotpo ungiinltig, aber fir england
mebren iid sic Sdmierigteiten BON
Sag at Sag. De11tidlan6S Nrmeen
iteben auf fein6lidem @ooen, feline
lit intaft, feline 5inan5em iino
in better Sronung. Desbalb bat sic
&0Iriid)e 3eit11ng gang redt, menn
iie ras IN 2on6on fplpprtierte Srie-
6ensgerebe als boberen politiiden
8loolimn be5ei9net. @aS freilid)
nidt ausi6lieBt, 6aB on6 6ieier
8l06iinn bier3l1lanoe cine glaubige
'@emeinbe fin0et.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-12-03
Sen beutidem l1mtericebpptem fl6-

zen sic engliiden Minenfeloer allgen.
id)einlib MIR menig &eipett Elm
@enn Sic britiide Monliralitat es
ol1d] midt 5ugeben min, ieoenfaus
fan1 es nid)t 0em geringlten 3tpets
fel urterliegen, oab audi oas Sblacbt-
ldiff 91tlparf bon einem beltl4en
llnterieebpot 5erltort morben lit. nno
nllr fiinfunooreiBig Mfeilen BON Son-
oon bot es oas 3erlt0rungsmerf poll'
brod}t. gs niitt Sic gnglanoer m6t,
oab lie fir lire Shiffe Die entleger-
item @eritede aufiud)en, 6ie oeutl9en
@l1iaren sur See finben lie iiberaa,
uno ihlieBlih miro ibnen adts ar1-
beres iibrig bleiben als Sic S6tffe
meit gerltg a,1f SEN 5trano gu i9lep-
pen, 6ab Sic Inter eeboote ibret1
mdt folge1o folmen. Ga penigitens
>peroen iie Damn iider ietm. Mber
m1d ungefabrli6.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-12-03
MaS @mglano Der @rieg id)pm &c.

8as Gnslano Der 9riee idpn &C.
niist bat, bat Elm idottiider @otteS,
ma1L Ser 8iidof George bon @oin-
burgb, IN einem Sirtenbriefe on feline
Di05eie ausgeplauoert. vMlS th
gnbe Srli meinen lebten Brief
idrieb," beiBt es ga, ~oadte id no.
tiirllb 1idt ooralL 0ab lpir am 3d.
grulloe oeS gr0Btem e1ropaiiden
&rieges iteben> Sen sic @eididte
fe1nt uu0 in oen unier 2an6 notb-
ipenoigertpeiie bineinge5ogen peroen
mubte. Mber mir miiIien, trot aller
5drecter, Sic Elm ieber &rieg nit s'id
brtngt, banfbar bafur iein, baB oieier
&rieg, ser ood fruber ooer ipater
batte fon1meu miiiien, iebt ausbrad.
9em idpn .iebt lit piel @a1tes our6
ibn erreid)t mor6en! Die 6robenbe
@olfe oes 8iirgerfrieges fat it@ BET
5oge1l bon einem @eneralitreif lit
nidt3 mebr 5r boren, po1itiide unb
fir1lide DishuIiionen, @usbrii6e Der
@eleBIoiigfeit in 6en beridie6en!ten
uno unglaubliditen Srten, iomte Die
allgemeine %io5iole %l1nralt, iino pentg-
items fir einige 3eit beieitigt un6
gum Sdpeigeu gebrodt moroen.. Z"
gnglal1o ideillt SEN &rieg alio iebr
notbtpenoig gebroudt 5n baben, nno
ein riel pertbpoueres Dofrmert fir
sic neutrality-suspicious. 6eS &riegeS
o1s SOS engliide 8laubud lit 6ieler
@irtenbrtef 6es Biidofs BON goin=
burgb.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-12-03
Se6en Monat Elm Seelenamt ioll

OSOSu AtONu% S1u SSI%IAtuAt% Juu
in allen Bfarrfirden fir sic I'M Gel6e
gefal1enen &rieger abgebalten tper.
ben; 10 %beror6nete es sc. @m. &ar=
oinal b. @artmann fir ieinen Sir
deniprengel. 9ieie e6elitnnige Ser
or6lung miro it6er nele reIigi0ie
9(nregung bon tiefer @irfung brin.
gen. @ir erinrrer1 l1ns ser @eeIen-
amtcr> mie iie beim Tripolisfrieg in
&om un6 ouberbab in feierlt6er
@eiie abgebalten mur6en gs nar
1tngemein erbeben6 5n ieben, tpie &C.
ra6e 6as Mtlitdr un6 6ie 0ffi5iere
fleiBig 6arm tbeilnabmen un6 ard
ionit begob it6 man6 elmer mie6er
in Sic Stride, Ser BORT ielbit in ser
&riegs5eit lonlt Elm i%eltener @oit &C.
hoe EN- tpar.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-12-03
@enn es uabr lit, baR fein @rmnb

@eur es ,uabr lit, baf fein @rmnb
nebr borlag, uniere Sruppen 1T Sierra
Gru3 gu laiien, 6arn liegt ga1r5 itder
n1b fem @run6 Dor, uniere &reu-
5er I'M Golf bon @mDrra gu laiiem.
Gem troy 6eS &rieges iino 6ie Slime
rifaner in SEN 6ortigen &iiltenldn-
bern mn6eltenS 10 iider, tpie in
Merifo. bus 8ela1en ser @re13er
in Cen gum @riegsi6nuplabe geb0-
ren6en @etppaiiern lit nit einem
9fiiifo berbun6en, fir 6eIlen Golgen
fem Meni6 einiteben fann. l1n6
Morineiefretar Daniels gar5 ge:piB
ni9t.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-12-03
8rnan ipQ bic Mbiidt 1aber, iidj

Srg1n lDu Otc NultaJt yuoeni Vuj
oemlad)lt gar5 unb gar a1f o1e
Yrpbibitionspropaganba 81 nerfen.
SEM grobes ndd)ltes 3iel tit no.
tionole Yrpbibition," ifreibt Elm De-
mofrotiides Slatt. ~Sn ielrem
gommoner iagt er oas iebr often.
Motionales Narteiprogramm lit tie
nod nibt ge1pelen unb getporoe1t. Sic
bo51 SIT ll1ad)en, lit 5meifeaos le111
@lu11. ltno pern er nit bielem Ero=
erall in oas @eibe @mts gelange11
f6nute, 10 tpiir6e ct oas mtdt ab=
meilen." ga, menm er f6nnte! @e=
mollt bat grpar idon piel, aber ales,
mas er erreidt bat, ner6anft er DEM
Menegaten aus Spiter @ap, n11o altl
iol6e @ilfe bat er i6tperli@ 1emals
mieoer SIT rednen. @os amertta1n1'
1dye @oIf bat iie beibe %lerfa1r11t nl10
miro iib IN 8l1funft Dor ibnet gu
bitten piIlen.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-12-03
Sen Gpmuerncur ppr Haris fat

oa5 @utfiperbot 0es 3aren nidt
idlafen laller, als geboriamer 2afai
lit u nit ei1re11 abnlid)en @erbot ge=
folgt. Gem slbiintb = @erbot. Nad)=
items lperben lie in &ublan0 uno
Ironfreib mobl ol1d) nod 0us @ai>
Ter perbieten, un6 Damn mer6en Sic
Ger5iinoete11 ollltan0ig auf Dem
Sro.fenen iiten. Gin 3ultan0 ibri=
gems, bon oen lie obnebin nidt mebr
iebr melt ertferrtt iin6.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-12-03
General bp1 Sinben6nrq lit ser

General bp1 &inbenb1trg 1T ser
ein5ige 6el0maridaa Ser 6euti6en
Mrmee ni6t> aber er lift Ser ein5ige,
Ser ii@ Sen Mari@auitab m1f bem
@dladtfel6e ber6iert but. OILS ser
&rieg al1sbra@l geborte &in6enbnrg
ser Site ser afttpen @enerale felt
bier Sobren ni9t mebr an. Mber
bes &aiiers Sdarfblid fanb i'm audi
in Der 3uriidge5ogenbeit 6es Nribat=
lebeas. Mls es ii9 6ar1tm ba1r6elte,
fir Die 2eitung 6eS Telo5uges geget1
&uBlan6 Sen geeigneten Mann 51
finoem 90 fiel 6ie @abI bes ODER
iten @riegsberrn ouf &inoenburg.
Mnf einen leidten Soften tp1r6e er
mdt geiteM. Ser @robe General
itab gtng nit 6em @aiier ma6 Sranf=
reid. Dos gob Sin6enburg bole
6es @ntidhuiies, Iegte i'm
'ober groBe @erantport1ng auf. Iber
er fat 6as @ertrauen, 6as ser ober1t tie
in ibn iebte, g1an5eno ge-
re6tfertigt. Son allen 6erti6en
&eerfibrern lift &ir6enburg beute
peita1s Ser popnIdrite. ST bat Ste
gr0Bten @dla9ten gei61agen nn6 lift
geblteben. Ser iIngite Se16=
ser 6el1tihen Irmee bat
Momer nit eiiernem @rtffel
in sen SofeIn ser @ef9i9te einge=
5ei6net.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-12-03

Stellung muB man ermartetl baB er
iold)e Weloungen muir gebraudt,
me11n iie' geb0rig beglaubigt ltn6.
2iglner iino inn augemeia1en idon
11rangenebnle Meniden, urpo 6oppelt
l11langenebm mirft es , einer Mann
in observation-disclosures Steuung liigen
5u b0ren. 2or6 &itdener lo0te 1id
1hG1nen!
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-12-03
Miit bem Giutritt Hurtngals lit

outs Dem Ireiperballo eln Slebenper=
bollo %geuorbeu - gelglen mabte
i'm sim Gier=, Serbien sum- Stint
uno ,S<apul1 sum- SedsperbanD. @enn
Sic @erbGnbe in Diele r 8elle 5u11eb=
men, miro idlieblid) nod ein ein6lJes
uro}e5 9u5urett Daralt5
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-12-03
!Sortet bies i1n @ebadtnib.

Sd erodte %@bomberlains Sltiten'
mitteI BEL tpeitem aIs sic Be te Meot=
ain I'M Marft fir @rfldltungen uno
@eu&buiten," fagt Tra1t gilbert 81oi,
1er, 2imo, 0bio. Biele an6ere 'inb
Ser gleiden Mniibt. gu fal1fen Bel
Morttn MoIttor. - Mn5eige.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-12-03
Die Scutidem itmb iammtltd) IN,

Ser Site Ser fran5oiiiden gbrenle=
gionare geltrid)en morben. 8abr=
ldeil1li6 fat man Nlab maden uol=
len fir Sic 8erbiin6eten 6ranfreibs,
fir Sic &o1afen, Meongolen un6 3u=
l1tfaffern. Sir Sic paBt Ser Srben
Ser gbrenlegion a119 entidie0en bel.
fer ols fir 0e11ti9en Mqnner, sic iid
oltf SEM @ebtete ser @iGeni9aft o6er
al1f on6ere @eiie unbergangliden
Gltlm ertporben baben.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-12-03
Die 9eutiden baben iid) idun ,uie'

Ser elmer @erlesu1g oes @0lterred,
ties iduuloig gernad]t: iie id)leben nit
serluidlolen @eidiiseu. StaatSlef>
retar Srpan iollte idleuniglt ein
Sd)ieosgerid)t einberl1i ell nno oaral1f
orirgelL oaB ser llnfrg abgeitelt
miro.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-12-03
3u sen amerifaniidem @elebrten,

ste es gegelauartig gleidiam oils no.
tiouale Yflidt betrad)ten 0entld)-
loro, iein Seer uro ieinen &aller 6l'
idnldteM geb0rt alt6 Eralioeut Slb'
ben Don Ser l~lniperlitat 9rinceton,
@ooorplp @ilions Nadfpger.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-03
Erased Their Names.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l !
CHICAGO, April 3.-Names Of more
than 900 msn and women. including
some Of the most notorious characters
in the red light district were erased
from first ward registration books to-
day as the result of the activity on
workers for Miss Marion II. Drake.
candidate for alderman against Bath
House John" Coughlin in next Tues
days election. Two detectives from
the staff Of Major Funkhouser, morals
censor. sat with the election board
when the list of suspects furnished
by Miss Drake was checked over.
Names of women recently arrested IN
police raids on resorts and of per-
sons who registered from known dives
were promptly erased. Even the pro-
test of vic" Shaw. former madam
that she hata reformed failed to save
her vote when detectives testified her
fiat was recently raided.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-03
Three Cents or Nothing.

United Press Leased Wire Service j
TOLEDO. Ohio, April 3.-Appealing
to riders to pay no more than three
cents. City Solicitor Thurstin today
announced he would file suit in com
mon pleas court to restrain the To-
ledo Railways and Light company
from charging more than three cent
fares on street cars. The city's war
against the company which faces eX-
pired franchises, togeth er with the
three cent fare ordinance. will thus be
taken into the courts. Bitter person
alities and near encounters bstween
city officials and street car company
officials enlivened the situation today.
Passengers who decline to pay more
than three cents are still allowed to
ride free by the company.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-03
Killed Her Husband.

United Press Leased Wire Service.l
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. April 3.-An in
nocent Invitation from a minister's
wife to attend missionary tea
which Ju Hon Yee refused to let his
wife Ngo Quong Ho read, SO aroused
her that she hacked him to death
with hatchet According to the
woman. she slew her husband who
was assistant superintendent at the
Sunday school in self defense in a
quarrel over the note. Then she kept
lonely vigil for hours before going to
an attorney to whom she confessed.
He took her to the police station. The
coroner found the body in bed. Con-
ditions indicated he had been killed
while he slept.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-03
FISH OBJECT TO SEWAGE
WHICH is NOT DOCTORED UP

ference here between the state rivers
and lakes commission. EngiDee;
Main. of Rockford and Engineer Paul
Hansen of the state water survey took
part in the conference.
1t was Loped to develop sewerage
treatment plan which would enable
Rockford to avoid making the stream
a nuisance and which might latef be
extended to other cities on the river.
Although neither Engineer Hansen
nor the state entomologist for Illinois
would say whether Rock river was to
be used as fish reserve. both de
ciared that untreated sewage from the
cities would emperil all fish in the
stream.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-03
Evidence Closed.

United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, April 3.-Having
closed their evidence with the testi-
mony of Sanl. Rea, president OF the
Pennsylvania railroad, the eastern
carriers pdtitioning for five per
cent increase in freight rates, today
made application to the interstate
commerce commission to close the
case early next week. The commits
sion has decided to expedite the mat
ter so much as possible but hopes of
a decision by May 1 were not con-
firmed by officials today. The COM
mission has postponed indefinitely the
arguments which the carriers request
ed to be heard next week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-03
The pebutante SIouch.

United Press Leased Wire Service ]
ST. LOUIS. Mo-. April 3.--The debu-
tante slouch is tottering under anoth-
er blow. "Every time l see girl with
a Csbutante slouch. think of choco-
late eclair," Baroness Rose Posse.
president of the Posse Normal scnool
of gymnastics, at Boston, Mass, told
the American Physical Education asso-
citation in session here. Girls who
affect it give the impression they are
either tired or lazy
81 Dr. Barnette D. S. Wyliss, of 81
Louis said that the abdominal move
ment accompanying the debutante
slouch. caused stomach trouble.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-03
FEMALE OF ..
THE SPECIES
Is More s9 sc Than the Male
WI@ it Comes to
Sizing College
Student.

United Press Leased Wire Service.] ]
LA F'AYETTE Ind. April S.-Ssv-
en- young women Of the senior class
of the Pudue University remained in
seclusion today. Two Of them wer-
said to be hysterical from humiliation.
following the filing of suit for $1,000
alleging they had seriously impaired
the health of Miss Mabel Rogers, OF
Shoals. Ind. The father of one of the
the suit
Terrific hazing methods are alleged
in the complaint. Miss Rogers was
stuck with pins, she says, stripped of
her clothing and made to lie down be-
fore her alleged tormentors, while
they painted her head, shoulders,
chest and back with red ink. The
seniors poured bottle Of mucilage
down the freshman's back, it is al
legged, and then plunged her in an icy
tub, though she protested to them
that she was ILL., AS result OF the
treatment she says she became uncon'
scious and hysterical. Her nervous
system was shattered and her eye
scight impaired. She was humiliated
by being pointed out in the street as
'the girl who had been hazed." She
cannot sleep nor do her college work
she says.
The hazing episode has been rumor'
ed for several weeks but the faculty
would make no facts public. lmme-
diately after she girls first complaint
to university heads, the seven senior
girls, all of the domestic science de-
partment, were suspended. This &C
stion was kept quiet. After Miss Rog-
ers returned from the hospital, they
were reinstated.
George l. Kisner, of Terre Haute,
father Of Miss Esther Kisner. student,
will fight the case. The other girls
are Misses Ruth Cowan, Chicago;
Mary Clark, indianapolis; Mary
Sheridan, Attica; Agnes Philiips
Monroeville; May Blue. Star City, and
Helen Lee, Oxford, Ind.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-03
Girl Loses Fortune.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
NEW YORK, April 3.-Florence
Louise Brandt today lost her fight to
share the $15,O00,00O LETT by the late
William Ziegler, baking powder
king" The New York appellate court
this afternoon confirmed the findings
of Surrogate Fowler who declared
Miss Brandt was not the legally
adopted daughter of Ziegler.
Miss Brandt and her brother, VIM.
Ziegler, Jr., were adopted as son and
daughter January 80, 1896. Later, by
agreement, the adoption of the girl
was abrogated and Miss Brandt, then
16, resumed her own nams. The whole
estate now goes to her brother.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-03
THE WEATHER

For Keokuk and vicinity: Fair to
night and Saturday. Slowly rising
Temperature Moderate northerly
breezes becoming variable.
For Illinois: Cloudy tonight with
colder southeast portion. Saturday
fair. Moderate northerly breezes.
For Iowa: Fair tonight and Satur-
day. Slowly rising temperature. Mod
crate northerly breezes becoming
variable.
For Missouri: Cloudy tonight with
probably frost in morning. Saturday
fair with warmer northwest portion.
Moderate northerly breezes becoming
variable.
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constitutionalists Finally Take
the City After Most
Desperate AS
sault.
FEDERALS ANNIHILATED
American Correspondents With
Villa Send Out the News
Denied by President
Huerta.
Territory Held by Rebels.

| VbSi0 ~ 'sS0S'S'
The capture of Torreon gives the
constitutionalsts possession of every
| important city in northern Mexico ex
| cepting Monterey and Saltillo near
Torreon and Guaymas, on the west
coast Monterey, while larger than
Torreon is not nearly so important
strategically.
The rebels hold every port of entry
on the northern border including
Juarez, Nogales and Aqua Prista.
other important cities in rebel pos
session are Chihuahua, Escalon
ojinaga, Hermosillo. Bermijillo. Ma
piai.
Torreon is believed to furnish the
key to Mexico City territory. When
Villa takes Monterey, his road to the
capital will be practically clear.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
TORREON, Durango, Mexico, April
/ 3. 3.-Torreon has at last fallen. The
last soldier OF General Jose Refugio
\ velascO,s msenincenk army. Of 10,8Q0
is either killed. wounded, captured
or in fight The constitutionalist
army Of General Francisco Villa, one
time bandit, is in undisturbed pos
session and this city, once the federal
stronghold OF northern Mexico, lies
humbled at his feet.
Already the rebel movement toward
Monterey and Saltillo has begun. The
next great battle between the forces
o. Carranza and Huerta will be fought
in these two places.
Although the constitutionalists
have been ip possession of the greater
portion of Torreon since Tuesday
afternoon, General Villa would not
permit the announcement OF the cap
ture until last night when all street
fighting had ceased and the resistance
Of the garrison had been absolutely
brought to an end.
General Velasco, the federal COM
mander. with comparatively small
bodyguard, escaped last night from
Canon Del Guarache where he had
been entrenched since Tuesday. A
small detachment Of cavalry was
i"ohCu III ouil Uy SIiiu DuS up "
an early hour today had not returned
Or made any report. The federals
who escaped. constituted compare
lively small band
Fighting for the possession Of Tor
reon has been almost continuous since
last Saturday night when villa per-
sonally gave signal to begin the final
assault. The federal troops offered a
most desperate resistance at every
point, astonishing the constitution
alists by the ferocity of their defense.
It was learned today that they would
have surrendered long ago, but their
officers had told them that il taken by
the rebels they would be tortured in
most cruel manner before being put
to death. This nerved them to the
point of desperation and accounted
Tor their fierce defense.
While a portion of General Villas
army in and about Torreon is getting
a much needed rest, several thousand
fresh soldiers were put to work early
today cleaning UP the city, burying
the dead or otherwise disposing or
them and making the city generally
nabitable. The damage done by shells
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Across the Ocean.

UNITED Press Leased Wire service.l
NEW YORK. April 3.-Aviators
closely interested in Rodman Wan
amaker's proposed transatlantic
aeroplane fight were informed today
that if it is successful, the machine
will be entered in the Panama-Pa-
cifc exposition world fight next year.
Wanamaker feels if he can make the
first big jump the rest would be easy.
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Weather Conditions.

The crest Of the western field of
high pressure has moved to North
Dakota, causing colder weather from
the Rockies to the eastern coast, with
the temperature below the freezing
point in the northern plains states,
and the northern portions of the Mis-
sissippi valley and the lake region.
Snow has fallen from Lake Micht-
gan eastward to New England, and
there has been scattered light snow
in portions of Colorado and Nebraska.
Conditions indicate fair weather for
this section tonight and Saturday, be-
coming warmer Saturday.
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First Request for Ruling.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, April 3.-The first
of the great trunk lines to apply Tor
ruling by the interstate commerce
commission on the Panama canal
act was the New York Central and
Hudson River railroad, which today
asked for hearing. Decision was
asked as to the right of the Rutland
Transit company, Vermont corpora
ton, subsidiary to the New York Cen
trail, to operate its fleet of eight
steamships on the St. Lawrence and
the great lakes. @