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The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29
KILLED THE GOOSE THAT
LAID THE GOLDEN EGGS

stars-why, the poor bird was work
ed to death. There's nothing to dc
but wait until another generation o.
play-goers demands a new order Of
things.
"The movies are educating this new
generation Of play-goers and creatins
a demand for more vaudeville. Il
they see one act OF Barrie they VIII
want more, two and three-act plays
and in the end we will have health
len, better and higher form Of ORA
matte art.
"Mr. Barrie is writing number o'
short plays which indicates he see
the trend of affairs. Mr.. Frolman
recently has imported four or five o;
them. John Drew is doing one.
Maude Adams has one in preparation
and Richard Carle and Hattie WIZ
liams have another.
$50 here / am" she smiled.
The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29
FIRE SWEEPS
BIG BUILDING
High Wind Made Work of
Quenching Blaze, More
Than Local F'iremen
Could Handle.

Tinted Press Leased Wire Service.l
MANCHESTER, N. H.. Jan 29.-
Fire which destroyed two department
stores and injured four firemen threat
ened the business section of Manches-
ter early today. At 10 O'clock the
property loss was estimated at a quar-
ter of million, when the fire was
under control
The fire started in the heart of this
retail section in a building at Elm,
Hanover and Manchester streets. The
flames evidently had been shoulder
ing for some time and when they burst
forth. the entire building seemed to
be ablaze. The Folsom and Barton
department stores adjoining were also
quickly afire.
Firemen Burke. Fitzgerald, Skinner
and one unidentified fireman we're in.
jured by falling from one OF the walls
CT the Folsom store and were taken
to the hospital. Fire leaped across
Nutfield Lane apparently booming an
ether building. The partially COM
rleted ten story building of the
Amoskeag National bank, the finest
building in the state, was in the heart
of the flames. Clerks Of the Mer
chants National bank hurried to the
office of the bank and removed books
and records before they were reached
by the fire.
Help was summoned from cities
nearby but high wind made the work
of the firemen most difficult.
The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29
MINE SCREEN LAW
Is NOT LIKED
Operators Of Ohio Threaten Vigorous
Fight on the Proposed
Measure.

UNITED Press Leased Wire service.l
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 20. Ohio
coal operators today threatened a
Vigorous ash.son the aew mine screen
law passed by the senate and which
is now before the house The law
would pay miners for all coal actual.
ly mined In lieu of the screened pro-
duct as In the past.
Representative OF the mins owners
openly declared today that with the
measure law, every mine in the
state would be forcsd to close by
March !. A conspiracy on the part
of Illinois and Indiana operators to
steal the Ohio market is charged
The bill is backed by the Cox ad-
ministration and will easy pass the
lower branch, leaders announced to-
day
The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29
TALKED HIMSELF
OUT OF JAIL.
Mans oratory was Too Much for
Police and They Let Him
Co.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. Jan. 2a--That a
man whom tbs police desire to ques-
tion in regard to embezzlement In
Washington talked himself free after
he had been taken in custody by
Deer street police Tuesday might Is
the story and an inquiry by Chief of
Police Young is being made. After
leaving the station the man disap-
peared and the police have bsen un-
able to find him again. Patrolman
Dunbar arrested the man because he
reesmbled picture of a man wanted
for embezzlement.
Chief Young has issued a general
order for the arrest of Sydney B. Har.
rison, proprietor of a moving picture
theatre at Easton and Taylor ave
nues Police are watching both his
former home and his place of busl
ness.
The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29
70 PREVENT
HASTY MARRIAGES
90 Many Cases Of Love at First
Sight and Unhappiness
Ever After.

United Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, Jan. 20. devise
ONE means of preventing hasty love
hrst sight marriages, thirteen Cook
county judges and other officials met
a conference called by Chief Justice
Fetlt OF the circuit court. Judge Petit
aVocated the establishment of card
noex system containing the records
q all persons divorced in Cook coun-
z, and of all persons convicted of
PRIME Or misdemeanors.
daft the misery and half the
i'me Of Chicago could be prevented
tne girl who nlarries a divorced
nan only had read the testimony in
he former wife's suit for divorce
galnst him or knew of his criminal
Fecord,' said Judge Petit.
The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29
EXPERIMENT
WITH WOMEN
Unfortunates to be Offered Po-
sitions in Garment Fac
tory and Chance to
Live Straight.

limited Press Leased Wire Seryice.l j
WASHINGTON Jan. ga unique
80 Biological experiment is 10 be at
tempted in the national capital to pro-
vide for those OF the "red light" dis
trict's unfortunates who want to live
straight" according to announcement
of reform leaders today. President
Wilson, impressed with their pleas
that operation OF the drastic Kenyon
law abohshing the restricted area
Should be tempered with mercy for
the unfortunate women Of the under
world, has promised to withhold his
signature making the statute effective
until plans have fully matured.
A clothing plant, where employment
will be given the former denlzens OF
vice houses, is contemplated. The
minimum wage will be $8 a week.
Meanwhile the exodus of the city's
unfortunates continued. Strict policing
of the area was continued to prevent
any last orgies in the district. Special
policemen patrolled downtown shop
ping streets with orders to arrest
street walkers which profession
those Of the vice section who do not
desire to reform, have insisted they
will adopt there.
It was expected today that the presi
dent would sign the law Saturday OF
Monday. City authorities promise tc
close very house within an hour OF
the signing of the BILL BY special or
der those who have been unable tc
dispose Of their furnishings or obtain
money to leave the city will be per
mitted to reside in their homes under
strict police supervision.
II was estimated today that half o'
the population of the underworld had
already left the city.
The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29
RANSOM OF $4,000 ASKED
FOR RETURN OF MILLIONAIRE

whether it is hoax. The missive
said Clark had been abducted and
was being we'll treated by his cap.
tors. But they must get $4,000 be-
fore he would be relieved. The letter
instructed Sebastian to have the an
swer to the demand published in the
newspapers here Clarks wife SAID
she would entertain the ransom prop
osition but that she must receive as
surances first that it was genuine.
Clark and his wife were VISITING
Santa barbara when he disappeared
On the evening Of January II, he
saw his wife off on a train for Los
Angeles and started to walk Lack to
their hotel. He never reached there
and several hours later a search was
instigated. His hat was found on
tn , Santa Barbara wharf and it was
supposed he had been d.owned until
the police. received the black hand
letter.
The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29
MINERS VOTING ON
WHITES SALARY
Result in Doubt But Il Looks Favor
able for His Getting the
Increase.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Jan. 29.
Voting on roll call was resumed in
the United Mine workers convention
here today on the question of increas
ing President John P. Whites salary
from $4,000 year to $4,000. The re.
suit is in doubt. although the vote at
the beginning of today's session stood
slightly in favor OF the increase.
The wage committees report is
completed It's recommendations will
be kept secret until the report is read
to the delegates.
The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29
.O|ABOL|CAL ACT
Of THE GANG
Soaked Moving Picture Thea
ire With Oil and Set it
Afire While
/ Crowded.
THEN SET OFF BOMB
When Love Affair Of Member Did
Not Run Smoothly, He
Stopped at
Nothing.
THEN SET OFF BOMB

United Press Leased Wire Serv1ce.l
NEW YORK, jan 29.-How hun.
'dreds Of lives were endangered when
ia moving picture theatre was soaked
with kerosene and fired and bomb
later placed in the hallway of q
crowded tenement that the gang lead
er might obtain vengeance for inter-
ference in love affair was told to
detectives and representatives from
the district attorneys Office here to-
day. Alfred lehman, Anthony Sad
iaitis and Rocco Pucciarello, who have
confessed to having planted scores OF
bombs and committed numerous other
crimes told the story.
Never heard the inside story of the
burning Of the Hippodrome movie,
did you?" asked Lehman. "The place
was burned because the janitor, Joe
the Woop, butted in Guzzape Far,
rarra's love affair. Farrarra has skip
ped to Italy now SO you can't get him
land I'll tell you the yarn.
Lehman then told how young girl
named Nellie Pecarro was admired by
Farrarra but her old man objected
Farrarra then proposed that members
of the gang kidnap the girl and de
| liver her to him at a saloon.
|. He said he would give us s10(
each continued Lehman. sTIree o.
JUS undertook the job. We had to gs
through the I1ipno odronle to get IN bac.
OF the tenement OF ITO Houston street
where the Pecarros lived. Joe, the
i lWoop saw us hanging around and go1
Ia gang to chase us away. When he
told Farrarra, also known as Fay
what happened, he was wild. He
swore he would croak the Woop. The
next day he gave US kerosene ant
benzine and told us to fix the theatre
We spread the stuff all over the seats
and floor. Fay threw a lighted papel
on the floor after the place was full
and we beat it. The people poured
out Of the place and only a coupl.
were burned a little and as some one
turned in an alarm quick the fire wal
burned That made Fay mad HI
said If he couldn't have the girl, no
body else would and gave us bomb tt
put in her hallway. He said it wa'
lbtrong enough to blow the whole place
Ito hell and didn't care if 1t did. HI
said he didn't care II the whole fam
lily is killed.
i 1t is for placing this bomb that ST!
vestro is on trial. The bomb failed II
60 OFF. Despite the statements mad
Il by his associates, Silvestro appeared
confident today. He was schedule,
Ito take the stand this afternoon an,
4 will make detailed dental of know
ling anything of long list Of crime
to which the other members of th
gang have confessed.
The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29
Antidote FOR BichiorIde.

limited Press Leased Wire Servics.]
CHICAGO, Jan. 20. = Theo. w
Evans an employee OF the Moody
Bible Institute who left the hospital
apnarently cured after swallowing
thirty-fve grains Of bichlor.de OF
mercury by accident. believes Thos
A. Carter saved his life. A formula
carter said he hit upon accidentally
was used in the case Carter said il
longer observation conyinces him that
Evans is completely cured he will ex
plain his formula to the home medi
cal society.
The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29
Blanche Bates, Now in vaude-
vile, Gives Her Idea of
Theatrical Slump.

united Press Leased Wire Service. ]
81 LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. 2s.-Blanche
ales explaining her appearance here
s vaudeville, said: We've killed the
'oUse @ mat laid the golden eggs
Vaudeville is immense announ
~ Aiss Bates, with the mildest sug-
||.1u9 OF doubt in her voice. What's
M ~ matter with the drama 1t isn't
|,hs IRA mufaila, properly speaking, II IS
|tNs. 'neatre. We've Killed the COOS >
NY lald the golden egg-too many
s'aes' too many plays; too many
The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29
Fifth One pies.

United Press Leased Wire Seryice.] ]
JACKSON, Mich, Jan. 2s.--The
death toll resulting from the crash
of the freight and passenger trains
on the Michigan Central at North
Jackson Sunday night was increased
to FIVE when Henry Smith, 25, OF
Hillsdale, died OF his injuries.
In a state Of collapse because OF
the terrible mental strain under
which he has been since the coils.
ion, John Bush, engineer of the
freight train. was reported to be
near death today. He was injured in
the wreck
The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29
Determined to Wreck Train.

limited Press Leased Wire Service1
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. 29.-Double
attempts to wreck a Missouri Pacific
train near the Taylor avenue crossing
at midnight Wednesday and at two a.
m. today have caused officials to re-
new their efforts to find the persons
responsible for the efforts to wreck
the trains of the Missouri Pacific, the
third time this week. The first at
tempt was at Carondulet Tuesday
The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29
Chief of Police Receives Letter
Which Says Clark Has
Been Kidnapped.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
LOS ANGELES, Calf, Jan. 20
That f. Lewis Clark, a Spokane mil
lionaire, has been kidnapped and is
being held for $4,000 ransom was the
statement made in letter received
by Chief of Police Sebastian and
made public today. Clark has been
missing since the evening of January
II, when he disappeared from Santa
Barbara
The letter to Sebastian was signed
BLACK Mailers.' 1t is not known
The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29
The Dance Furlana.

ROME, Jan. 29Ability to furiana
is now the passport to Roman smart
society. Furiana is not propensity
to fly into rage as might be infer
red from its sound but new dance,
designed to supplant the berated
tango That is, it is new to this gen
Grafton, but it is older than the Soutl
American dance, having teen the rop.
ular dance of Venice many years ago.
The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29
.|NTER-C|TY
BRIDGE BILL
IS REPORTED
Measure is Recommended From
the Commerce Commit
tee to Senate for
Passage.
WITHOUT AMENDMENT
Approval Of War Dep5 suent
is Already Secure = .
cording to Disy
Received
WITHOUT AMENDMENT
/ Special to ate C

Especial to ate City.1
WAsHINGT6N, D. G.. Jan.
&c. The bill granting to the
Inter City Bridge Co., the right
to construct and operate a rail
way bridge across the Missis-
|sippi river at Keokuk and to
make use of the dam as a part Of
the structure today was report
ed to the senate from the COM
mittee on commerce with a rec
ommendation that it pass with
out amendment. The bill now is
on the senate calendar and in
all probability will pass on the
first calendar day. The bill
has the approval Of the war de-
Ipartment.
The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29
Mitchell Still Has Hopes.

NEW York, Jan. 29.--Mayor Nit
chel was still confident today that
Colonel Goethals will be the next po.
lice commissioner of New York. when
shown reports that Goethals had un-
condittonally accepted the governor.
ship of the Panama zone
Secretary Wood statsd on behalf OF
the mayor, that Goethals' acceptance
of the governorship had nothing more
to do with his becoming Iolice COM
missioner OF New York than hts eat
ing his breakfast this morning did
Colonel Goethols' accepted the
oommissionership OF New York on
the conditions that police law amed-
ments will be made; that he could
secure his retirement from the army
and his acceptance be deferred untiI
the time the Panama canal is in ac-
tive operation" said Secretary Wood,
apparently not In the least disturbed
by the report TT will be some time
before this can be accomplished"
The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29

The action of the comm srce com,
mittee will be received with approval
by the people Of Keokuk and Hamil.
ton who hope that congress will per.
init the use Of the dam for railroad
traffic purposes as It is badly needed
and SO recognized by Chairman Adam
son of the interstate commerce com
mission who visited Keokuk recently
with sub committee to inspect the
physical conditions here. It looks like
the i'll is going to pass.
The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29
He Accepts the Offer.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 29.-Colonel
Geo. w. Goethals today accepted by
wire, President wilson's offer of the
governorship of the canal zone.
SECRETARY of War Garrison refused
to give out the text of the telegram
until Goethal's nomination is sent to
the senate. He said, however, that
the canal builder had accepted the
offer ancoad ttionail ~ ard not for sal
specific time, apparently disposing Of
the report that he would serve for a
year as governor OF the canal zone
and then accept the offer of Mayor
Mitchell Of New York to become po-
lice commissioner
The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29
|eneral Storm in Northwest
Covers Everything With
Thick Coating Of
Ice.
|LEET FOLLOWED RAIN
erlous blizzard HowlIng Through
Michigan Today and Much
Suffering Can be
Expected.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
ST. PAUL, MINI, Jan. pa glare
/ ice covered the city today follow
y the worst rain. and sleet storm OF
he winter and residents Of the subur.
'aE districts skated to work this
borning instead of taking the usual
ar ride. The storm was general
hroughout the northwest, extending
tom the Dakotas into Wisconsin.
telegraph and telephone lines are
ampered by the wsight OF ice and
hilroads fear trouble II the temper
'ture drops further.
The Downward Glide.
| CHICAGO, Jan. 20. Chicago start.
rapid glide from summer into
Inter today. At Q a. IN. it was sixty
egrees above zero. A. noon 1t was
hirty-seyen degrees above, the mer-
nry was dropping at the rate OF five
egrees an hour before stiff north
ind and the weather bureau PROM
led temperature of only 10 above
efore night.
Dropped Fifty Degrees.
OMAHA, ,Neb., Jan. 20. -Tempera
res dropped fifty degrees in a few
bnrs last night, when the first rea
I'D wave Of the winter struck Ne
Faska. In portions Of the state tllt
ereury soncheda aero Aad NJ ae
bmpanied BY ! strong north wind
ANY trains were delayed seyera
burs.
In Omaha the lowest temperature
Rs eight above.
The cold wave is moving east ant
eather forecasts are for warme
eather Friday.
Considerable suffering was cause'
hong the unemployed and poor il
hnaha. Local charities are taxed t
bre for those asking aid.
The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29
COCKTAILS GIVEN
PANAMA JOB
Nominated by President and
Accepts Position by Wire
After Being
Notified.
AT $4,000 PER YEAR
Mayor Mitchell Of New York Still
Insists That the Colonel
Will Accept Police
Position
AT $4,000 PER YEAR

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.T
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.--Nomina~
tion Of Colonel Geo. W. Goethals to
be the first civil governor of the PAN
anna canal zone, was sent to the sem
ate this AFTERNOON by President Will
son. The appointment takes effect
April 1, at which time the plan OF
government outlined by the president
in his recent executive order will go
into effect.
"A bid to prevent reduction OF five
thousand dollars year il Colonel
Goethals' salary when he becomes
governor OF the Panama canal was
introduced today in the hous1 by Rep
resentative Britton of Illinois. Goeth-
ais now receives $4,000 year, willis
the Panama canal act provides only
$4,000 for the governor. Britton would
make the governors salary $4,000 as
long as Goethals holds the job
The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29
Blizzard Raging.

CALUMET, Mich. Jan. 2s.-One OF
he most serious blizzards of the sea-
ION today is sweeping over the cop
Ter country. Much suffering among
he families of strikers is reported.
The daily Gate City., 1914-01-29
READY
TO CONTINUE
Rebel Chief Receivers From
Sick Spell and Issues Or
ders for the March to
Mexico City.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHIHUAHUA, Mex, Jan. 29.-Gert
eral Pancho Villa, recovered from
his recent lin sss, today gave orders
to his subordinates to rush to com
pletion the movement Of constitution
alists towards Torreon, Mexican fed
eral stronghold, to the south. Cen
eral Ortega already has 10000 SOL
diers north of Torrson and is only
awaiting the reinforcement Of his
army and the arrival Of Villa himself
to begin the attack. Villa declared
today the battle there would not be
long delayed now, 1t is expected to
prove even more momentous than the
two recent battles Of Ojinaga.
Villa secuted rumors that he had
revolted against General Carranza,
the rebel president, saying he ana
Carranza had always been in com
plete accord
Details of Conspiracy.
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 29.-Govern-
ment denials Of the police plot to
overthrow Huerta we're refuted today
by the publication in Mexican news
papers Of the first details of the con-
spiracy.
Fernando Gonzalez was to have
been made president and General
Rascon minister OF war. had the plot
ters succeeded. 1t was announced to-
day that Rascon would soon go to
San Salvador This means that he is
being exiled by Huerta as was Con
zalez.
The published details OF the plot
were given out by the CHIEF OF police
of Mexico City, without Huerta's
knowledge it was said Huerta and
his advisers have done all they could
to deny and belittle the conspiracy.
because their prestige would be weak
ened if the public knew how far tn,
conspirators were able to carry their
plans before they We're caught.
Colonel Ollessio Roblsz and Major
Pedro Zavala, accused as leaders in
the police plot, are now prisoners IN
San Juan de Ulua fortress at Vera
Cruz.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-23
Meeting Tonight to Settle Cues,
tons Involved in Fall
Campaign

Whether a paid campaign manager
win be named for the Republican
county campaign. whether the coun.
| ty committee will run the campaign
with the aid Of an advisory committee.
whether the campaign for legislative
candidates on Oahu will be run by the
territorial or the county committee
these are questions TO be decided to-
night at a meeting of Republican can
didates at Kuhio headquarters, kapio-
lani building. The meeting is to be-
gin at 7:30 o'clock and announcement
, beforehand is that IL is to be an ex-
ecutiye session.
Organization of the county CAM
paign began last night with the first
meeting Of the county committeeman
who were elected at the party pri-
mary on September IL and their cleo
ton of officers.
The Star-Bulletin's statements that
neither W. II. McInerny nor George G..
Guild would be a candidate for chair
man OF the county committee were
borne out fully by the developments
last night At the eleventh hour, In
fact, after the committeeman had as
sembled, it became known that Wal
ter Coombs was a receptive candidate
for the position, and as he was act
lively identified with neither Kuhio
nor the Rice element in the recent
primary campoign, he was looked upon
as an excellent compromise candidate
and elected without difficulty. Both
Rice and Kuhio men we're present last
night and with the matter OF salts
factory chairman disposed of, there
was little trouble in naming the fol-
lowing additional officers:
Vice-chairman, Carl Widemann; sec
rotary, Manuel Serpa; assistant sec
rotary. Carl Nieper. treasurer. COL J.
III. Soper.
Most of the committeeman were
present last night. II was discovered
that the second precinct Of the fifth
district did not name a committee
man.
eTcnight's meeting Is to be of candi-
dates only" said Chairman Coombs
this morning. The candidates are
invited to discuss fully and freely the
matter of naming campaign man.
ager, as we'll as the matter of paying,
the manager or asking him to carry
on the work for nothing, as has gen.
orally been the case in the past
THE county committee feels that
the decision Of the candidates them
selves should have much weight in
whether or not there
shall be campaign manager. who he
shall be, and whether he shall receive
q salary" said Chairman Coombs to-
day.
The plan to have an advisory cons
mittee is an outgrowth of the discus
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-23
A Useful Page.

Ambassador Page. like most mar,
ried noyelists, treats married life in
his books from the inside, as it were
a Washington woman said on her re.
turn from Rome. i. IL.
AT a tea Mr. and Mrs. Page had a
ludicrous argument over something or
other. and when their misunderstood.
ing was satisfactorily cleared up Mr..
Page Iauhed and said:
This seems like chapter that has
slipped out of novel. doesn't it?"
IT SENS, Mrs. Page retorted,
more likt chapter that will slip into
one. Boston Advertiser.