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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19
UNEASY LIES THE HEAD Of
ANY MEXICAN IN CAPITAL
WHO WEARS A SILK HAT

marily killed, but denied all personal
responsibility. Vi
The former minister spoke bitterly,
mindful of the deep resentment still
manifested against him by the Mexi.
cans OF Vera Cruz. Even as he talked
in the Hotel Diligencia, crowds could
be seen in the plaza outside, but
American marines kept them moving.
Urrutia fled to the American lines,
he said, to save himself and family.
He is under the protection of Cen
eral Funston.
Were many killed secretly?' he
was asked.
"Yes, but / don't know how many"
was the cautious reply.
as it true Dominguez,, the senator
who arose in his seat and criticized
Huerta, saying that criticism was his
last will and testament, was killed."
Eyes, he was killed"
"Is It true that he was taken to
your sanitarium before he was shot
and his tongue cut out, by Huerta's
orders?"
"That is a lie,' answered Urrutia.
THAT was started against me by
Jealous cabinet members
Were not you minister Of Gober-
nacion and responsible for execu-
tions when Huerta ordered them?"
"Yes." he replied, "but only fol-
lowed orders"
.sHow was Dominguez killed -
..Taken out and shot, / suppose, as
was usually done"
"How many were killed?'
II do not know.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19
MUCH MONEY FOUND
IN THE RESIDENCE
Two Old Women Turned on the Gas
and Died in Each Others
Arms.

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CHICAGO, May 19.-To solve, If
possible, the mysterious circumstances
surrounding the asphyxiation of two
laged and wealthy women, living alone
Mrs. Emily Backus, II, and her
sister, Miss Mariette Wright. 73-a
coroner's inquest was held. The
death of the aged sisters was not dis
covered until the arrival of Frank
erosion, cousin and business agent,
from Rochester, N. Y.
In response to an urgent telegram
from Mrs. Backus, erosion hurried to
Chicago. Upon his arrival he was
unable to gain entrance to the old
brown stone residence at 3055 Wash.
iGeton and called the police. Batter
ing down a door, they discovered an
open gas Jet, and the women, clasped
in each others arms, dead in bed.
Under the sink in the kitchen tied
up in rag and marked with the name
of Miss Wright, was $4,000 In cur
rsncy. A bundle containing $4,000
In bills was found in . bureau drawer.
Each Of the women Is said to have
left 500. 900 in property.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19
ROOSEVELT TO BE
AT HOME TONIGHT
Colonel 10 Expected to Lanu at Oyster
Bay at Six O'Clock This
Evening.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service i
NEW YORK, May 19.-Over a:
Oyster Bay today. the townspeopIe
we're polishing an antique cannon
and hinging flags to the breeze-for r
Roosevelt was due to arrive home
late this afternoon. The cannon will
bark twenty.one times and Oyster
Bayans will cheer when their most
distinguished fellow citizen lands at
his private pier, opposite Sycamore
Hill, after Drawing the perils Of South
American jungles.
Nobody either in Oyster Bay or
New York, was quite sure today how
the colonel intended to get from the
steamer Aidan to his home His
family have made arrangements for a
private tug and their plans apparently
contemplate his transfer at Quaran.
tine and shift to Sycamore Hill with
out any public reception. These ar.
rangements were taken in some quar-.
ters to lend confirmation to stories
that the colonel had not completely
recovered from the illness which pros
trated him Immediately after his party
emerged from the wilds of Brazil
That he was very i'll then, was stat
ed today by Captain Alexander of the
Booth line Dunstan, which vessel car
ried the colonel from Manaos to Para.
He said Roosevelt. had to be carried
aboard ship on stretcher, but i'm
proved rapidly with rest and full
ratfons.
At the offices Of the Booth line 1t
was said that the Aidan was due at
Quarantine at 400 o'clock. This
would bring the colonel 20 Oyster Bay
at about 600 o'clock.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19
KEoKUK, IOWA, TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1914
DEATH RATE
IN CITIES
Memphis is the Unhealthiest
While Seattle Takes Prize
as the Good Health
Town.

United Press Leased Wire Service.l ]
WASHINGTON, May 19.-The Unit
ed States is in better health than 1t
ever was and its Inhabitants are living
longer, according to figures for 1918.
given out today by the census bureau.
Washington was the healthiest
= ate. with death rate of S.5 per
thousand. and North Carolina had
the highest mortality rate, 1868.
Memphis, Tenn, was apparently the
unhealthiest city. It's death rate was
20.S. Seattle was the prize good
health town with a rate of only S.4.
New York City showed the biggest
death rate reduction in five years with
a 24.7 per cent drop in that period.
The death rate for the nation in
1918 was 14.1 per thousand, reduc-
tion OF one in eight compared with the
average Of ten years ago.
Following was the 1913 death rate
in various large cities:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19
Peace Commission Goes to Nj
agara Falls to Talk Over
the Mexican
Question.
ONSLAUGHT AT SALTILLO
Consul Si1liman's Fate is Wor.
rying High Officials and
May Lead to
Trouble.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
WASHINGTON, May 19.-Interest
In the Mexican situation shifted to
Niagara Falls, Ont, today. The Amer
lean commissioners to the mediation
conferences left here early today.
They expressed hope that their mis-
sion would succeed.
One thing was certain in the minds
of Lemar and Lehman-that there
would be no long delay. They believ-
ed 1t would be possible to determine
within a week, whether there was
hope of ultimate success. Information
given them by President Wilson was
that the mediators were In sympathy
with the general contentious OF the
United States and would very prob
ably use their influence to have the
Huerta representatives grant con-
cession so vital.
p Meanwhile his attitude continued
defiant. There will be no compliance
with Huerta. The administration Is
not considering Carranza at this
time. The fate OF Consul Silliman at
fSdittktDf Id yWSAIIIS 4t<iO 1ht<A yx9HsTS2
certain high oficials. These do not
accept the optimistic views Of Secre-
tary Bryan. The secretary has taken
at their face value, the promises made
by the Brazilian minister in Mexico
City that Silliman Is safe. but held
back because railroad communications
between Saltillo and the capital Is in
terrupted.
Information reaching the war de-
partment from the Texas border, but
withheld under order, is that the con-
trary is the case and that trains have
passed between the two cities since
an ultimatum In the Silliman case
was served by Bryan on Huerta. Even
Bryan has candidly admitted that an
outrage to Silliman, classmate OF
President Wilson's would cause
wave of Indignation from the country
that would force the hand Of the gov
ernment.
Unless something unforeseen de-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19
FIFTY FIREMEN
FELL FROM FUMES
Blaze In Tall Building Was tt,rd to
Handle on Account Of this
Gas

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. !
NEW YORK, May 19.-Six hours of
desperate fighting in which fifty fire
men dropped unconscious and one
was severly injured, we're required to
control a fire here In a block on
Greenwich street which was still
blazing f1ercely after daylight today.
Chemicals stored in the five upper
stories of the building, occupied by
the Atlantic Can company, generated
fumes of muriatic and hydro-chloric
acid. These swept over the fire fight
ers and men dropped like flies A
dozen physicians resuscitated the un-
conscious ones as fast as they were
borne out Of the structure
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19
MELLEN RESUMES HIS STORY
Of FINANCIAL JUGGLING
BY NEW HAVEN RAILROAD

chises In West Chester county, New
York, and transform into paying sys-
TENS, merely because certain political
leaders became reasonable
While West Chester was the initial
object of today's hearing, Msllen was
under promise to do far more. HIS
story, which is expected to continue
through the present week, will carry
his hearers into the capitols in Bos-
ton, Hartford and Providence. Mellen
plans to tell how he got authority for
the various consultations which
marked the development Of the New
Haven into a monopoly, controlling
practically all avenue Of transporta-
ton throughout. New England. That
money passed in many Of these trans
actions, either in the form of cash or
due bills has already been admitted at
former hearings. Never yet. however.
has the whole picture Of sordid high
finance" been painted by man who
knew, as MelIen knows.
The interstats commerce commits
sion was hopeful tina. as a result OF
his complete story it could recommend
to congress remedial legislation that
would end for all time this brand OF
financing.
Since last Thursday, Mellen has
been getting ready for his task. He
has delved through an accumulation
of documents In his New England
homes and offices. From them he has
completed tho details Of Billiard COM
pany transactions: the "gobbling' OF
the Boston and Maine. various troll
ley systems and the numerous links
in what is now the New Haven sys-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19
Law.sHss,Proved Failure.

!. limited press Leased Wire Service. I
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 19.-The
Sherman antitrust law has proved
failure by not bringing relief to the
public from corporate abuses in the
opinion of DR.. Charles R. Van Hise.
president of the University of Wiscon-
sin, who addressed .he convention OF
the Missouri Bankers association at
the Olympic theatre this morning.
The dissolution of trusts has increased
prices, rather than decreased them.
he said. In order to meet the pres
ent industrial situation DR.. Van Hise
sugg ested the creation of state and
interstate trade commissions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19
Former Police Lieutenant Has
Been Hard Hit During
His Second Trial
for Murder.
DEFENSE IS VERY WEAK
Pressure Is Brought to Get
Becker TO 60 on Stand
and Tell His Own
Story.

[By Fred j. Wilson. United Pgesi
Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK. May 19.-That Chas
Becker. apparently netted hard and
fast by the states case. charging hin
with procuring the murder Of Herman
Rosenthal, will be forced to the stant
in last effort to clear himself. was
believed certain when the defense
opened today. Becker, 1t was said
is impressed with the fact that his lift
is in dire peril and is willing to brave
the attack OF District Attorney Whit
man.
He Is opposed by Martin T. Manton
his chief counsel. Manton Processes
to believe that the state has failed tc
make out q case. Becker, his wife
and Hartford T. Marshall, OF his
counsel. however. are said to have
fought long last night in conference
with Manton. urging that Becker tell
his story.
Before court opened today, 1t was
believed that Jack Reich, alias Jack
8 Sullivan, liking Of the newsboys," who
lifted Rosenthal's dying form after
the gunmen's bullets struck. would
be the Afst witnAss
Nearly thirty other = tnesses are
on the defense Hist They will prob
ably take up about three days Of the
courts time.
Hard hit by the terrific blows OF the
prosecution witnesses as developed
by District Attorney Whitman, the
defense today faced the necessity II
combating the following main evi-
dence given against Becker: BY Bald
Jack Rose-that he was Becker's
partner, graft collector and stool
pigeon and that he was forced by
Becker after the Harlem murder con-
spiracy to hire the four gunmen who
slew Rosenthal.
BY Brigie Weber and Harry Vallon
In corroboration of Rose,
BY Mrs. Lille Rosenberg. widow
Of the executed gunman, that Rose
told her husband Becker wanted Ros-
enthal slain; by Lefty Louie's dying
statement that Becker was respon-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19
THE STATE SITS
upon A VOLCANO
And Should Eruption Come,
a Tale Of Horror Will
Have to Be
Chronicled. J.
LINDSEY TELLS STORY
Judge Says That tho People He
Not Heard Of the Barbarian -.
Of the Ludlow
Battle.
LINDSEY TELLS STORY

lOulLCu FIOSS l<0dSOu wire 0cAVlCC.l
CHICAGO, May 19.-"Colorado IL
sitting on volcano. Withdraw the
federal troops and there will be wal
Ia war Of reprisa1 so terrible thai
one shudders to contemplate It."
This was the statement Of Judge
Ben B. Lindsey, of Denver, Colo. who
arrived here today enroute to Wash
ington with party Of Colorado WON
en-. With him were Mrs. Lee Cham
pion, representing the Colorado
womens relief committee and the sur
vivors Of the battle of Ludlow, Mrs
Pearl Jolly, Mrs. Beatrice and Mrs
Thomas and her two small children
I'VE are going to beg the president
not to withdraw the regulars, CON
tinued Judge Lindsey who said he rep.
resented only the law abiding citi'
zens OF Colorado.
"My own interest is neutral one.
1 want law and order and l have been
asked by the citizens of Denver to
help us get 1t In our state"
Judge Lindsey characterized the
horrors Of Ludlow as unbelievable. He
said that events which followed the
attack on the miners' tent colony at
Ludlow by the state militia, were
only ''equaIled in stories OF the sack
ing Of Rome, the pillage Of Carthage
iand the inhupanities of the Balkan
wars"
"The true story OF what took
place is too horrible to print" said
Judge Lindsey I'VE can only sug-
gest it and fill in the outlines with
the direct testimony OF these women
who suffered. As one instance Of
what took place-and have afiidavits
to back this up--a father went to the
militia camp for his little boy, who
was missing. He was saluted with
the child's corpse. The head had
been shot off and the body half
burned. A soldier threw 1t to him
over a tent, and said: Here, take
the thing"
Mothers who went to the rescue
of their babies were shot down and
brutally mutilated. Children only a
Of barbarians in the most
unholy days OF the vandals and Goths
could not have been more cruel than
what took place at Ludlow"
While here today the party went
to the Hull house, where the indus
trial strife in Colorado was related in
detail to Miss Jane Adams and
group of social workers. Judge
Lindsey and the others will leave late
today for Washington. Mrs. Lindsey
from nervous prostration,
said to be due to the high altitude,
was removed from the train on a
stretcher. She was taken immediate
" to the Presbyterian hospital II
physicians there advised it, she will
continue the trip to washington when
he party leaves late this afternoon.
Otherwise 1t is planned, she will re-
main here until her husbands return
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19
Danger from Forest FIre..

UNITED Press Leased Wire gervfre.l ]
DULUTH, Mimi. May 19.--Anxiety
is being caused here today by condi-
tions in the north WOODS, where IT Is
feared forest fires may break out.
Sevedal incipient blazes have been re-
ported between Duluth and Two Har-
bors and settlers are doing their best
to prev ent them spreading. Conditions
are reported very similar to those
prevailing just before fires destroyed
Chisholm and Beaudette a few years
ago. Special precautions to prevent
disasters are being taken.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19

Huerta May Order Him Killed
or the Public May Rise
up Against
Him.
ALL OFFICIALS IN DANGER
DR.. Urrutia, Who Acted as
Dictator's Executioner,
Says Many Were
Executed.
ALL OFFICIALS m DANGER

lBy VIM. G. Shepherd. United Press
Staff Correspondent.1
VERA CRUZ, May 19--'T didn't
keep count Of them
Ttfs was the reply OF DR.. Aureliano
Urrutia. refugee from the wrath OF
General Huerta, when asked today
now many men had been put to death
IN Mexico City in the last twelve
months.
The removal OF countless Mexi-
cans OF high and low degree during
the rule of victoriano Huerta was
calmly discussed by Urrutia, once
minister of the interior, and credited
with being Huerta's secret execution.
He admitted that many we're sum
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19

velops In the Silliman case, however.
there is likely to be no change in the
entire Mexican situation until after
the nediators get down to business

enC1r0 MOXlCAu 6lludtlOu Will diCcT
the niediators get down to business.
The Battle Of s'aitliIo.
[By N. c. Parke, United Press Staff
Correspondent
JUAREZ. Mexico, May 19.-The
battle of Saltillo is believed to be on
today.
General Francisco Villa has estab-
lished a strict censorship and not q
single message has been received
from correspondents at the 'front.'
since early yesterday. Constitutional
ist offlcials have had no word from
villa since Sunday night. When the
battle OF Torreon was ordered. Gem
eral villa Instructed his censors to
hold up all press matter until the
fighting had ceased. He is believed
to be following the same tactics now.
The last news from the front re-
ported advancing constitutionalists
sweeping in the federal outposts with
almost hourly skirmishing.
The most significant bit OF news re-
ceivef today was that Gen. Manuel
Chao, deposed as military governor
Of Chihuahua state by General Villa,
is in Parral, chihuahua, in conferences
with General Luis Herrera, military
commander Of that section. Chao
was supposed to be at Saltillo where
villa ordered him after. 1t is reported,
threatening to execute him.
For several days rumors have been
flying that Villas enemies within the
constftutionalist ranks were plotting
TO overthrow him after the battle Of
Saltillo The story was that Gen.
Maclovio Herrera was to be placed
at the head Of the army in the march
on Mexico City, depriving villa Of
the prestige to be gained by captur-
ing the capital city and eliminating
him as possible contender for the
presidency.
- Eskea;i ID ss;e, 70 Fbe very eittor stsd
f0 IflfVS HS8dk Threats to "get even"
with Villa for deposing him. HIS con-
ference with Gen. Luis Herrera, broth
er OF Maclovio, lends color TO the
story.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19
Former President Of Road,
Loaded With New Chap
ters in the Interest
ing Tale.
THE POWER OF MONEY
Innocent Investors in Stock
May be Repaid if Looters
Can be Forced to
Disgorge.
IBy John Edwin Nevin, United Press
Ctnff Cnrroannndanf / -

By john EdW1n N1V1n, UHlteu fress
Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 19.-The trail
Of the Tammany Tiger through the
jungle of finance was followed today
by the interstate commerce commits
sion. Chas. S. Mellen resumed the
witness stand in the inquiry into the
secret operations Of the New Haven
railway during the ten years he was
it's head He brought with him his
own records of the distribution Of the
New Haven's pet" the yellow dog
fund
He intimated that he had no favor
ties to protect; that he intended to
tell just how it was the New Haven
was able to take worthless fran
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19
ALL Of THE EVIDENCE
HAS BEEN AGAINST BECKER

sible for Rosenthals death.
By Charles H. Pitt, Jr., Becker's
former friend and press agent, that
Becker limited at the murder Of Ros.
enthal the day before it was com.
mitted.
BY James Marshall, a negro boy,
that Becker was present at the Haf.
lem murder conference.
By George Dougherty, former dep.
uty police commissioner, that Becker
after the murder, hid the secret OF
Roses hiding place, thus showing his
completely in the gunmen's crime.
The outstanding feature Of the case
when the defense began was tnat not
one successful attack has been made
by the defense on the story OF
Rosenthals assassination.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19
Weather Conditions.

With the eastern field Of high pres.
sure moving slowly to the Atlantic
coast, the weather remains fair from
the Mississippi valley eastward.
Between the Rockies and the Mis-
sissippi valley, the weather is more
or less cloudy, and there have been
scattered showers or thunderstorms,
which have extended to Kansas City
and Omaha.
The temperature is mild in all dis
tricts.
Conditions indicate mostly cloudy
weather, and probably showers, with
mild temperature for this section to-
night and Wednesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19
THE WEATHER

For Keokuk and vicinity: Mostly
cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Prob
ably showers. Mild temperature.
For Illinois: Fair tonight. Increas.
ing cloudiness Wednesday. Mild tenn,
perature.
For Iowa and Missouri: Mostly
cloudy tonight and Wednesday, with
probably showers. Mild temperature.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19
Daily River Bulletin.

River above low water OF 1864, 81.
Change in "a hours, fall / tenth.
Mean temperature 18th, 64
Lowest temperature, 81.
Highest temperature. IS.
Lowest temperature last night, SO.
FRED 2. GOGEw1SCE5.
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19
Great Diamond Robbery!

DIES MONIES, Iowa, May I9.-Des
Moines' $1,000 diamond robbery
shrank badly today when Mrs. Louise
:McGregor, the alleged victim, swore
out a replevin to recover the gems,
now said to be worth $500 from
Frank Weatherly, chauffeur, and
former friend. Weatherly is in Jail
and the police threaten to turn him
over to federal officers on a charge
OF importing Miss Pearl Merrill to
Des Moines from Omaha for immoral
purposes. Police say Weatherly and
Mrs. AIcGrezor quarreled over the
girl and that the diamond robbery
Sase grew out of this AFFAIR.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19
mote IN BOTTLE
ST|RS POLICEMEN
Girl Wrote That She Was Be.
ing Held Captive for
Immoral Pur-
poses.
sEARCH1NG FOR HER
Des Molnes Diamond Robbery Falls
Flat When Woman Files Re-
plsvin Suit for
Them.
SEARCHING FOR HEl

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
DES MONIES, Iowa, May 19.-
Autos loaded with police are speeding
about the country side near Valley
Junction near here today hunting for
the writer Of the following letter:
II am held captive by some foreign
ers for immoral purposes two or three
miles west Of Valley junction.
Kate Moberly."
The letter was turned over to the
police today by Rex Reynolds, 10, who
says he found It floating In bottle
in the Raccoon river below Valley
Junction
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19

Read The Daily Gate City, 1oc
Irer week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-19
Change Of Tactics.

IE OnaO9e OF tdCIICUs
NEW YORK, May 19.-That neither
Charles Becker nor his wife will take
the stand to deny that Becker forced
the murder of Gambler Rosenthal
was the declaration OF Becker's chief
counsel, Martin T. Manton. today.
Manton said this was final" but that
was doubted. The defense has chang
ed its tactics often. One change
came today, when after his positive
declaration a few days ago that he
would make no opening address,
Manton switched and began just such
la statement.
AS soon as Justice Seabury mount
ed the bench. Manton moved that the
charge against Becker be dismissed,
and, denied this, Immediately began a
lengthy statement to the jury denying
Becker's guilt.
Among thirty witnesses whom It
was announced will be called by the
defense will be Warden Clancy and
Father Cashin, OF Sing Sing prison,
former District Attorney Jerome,
members of Becker's strong arm
squad, several reporters and Sheriff
Hamburger. who took Becker to the
death house.
! Ripraes 81
Becker, District Attorney Whitman
today smashed flat the story told by
Jacob Reich, alias Jack Sullivan,
Becker's witness. Hfs tirick lips
reeking profanity, his tale foul with
the slime OF New York.s underworld,
Sullivan for more than two hours
told of an alleged plot by Bald Jack"
Rose, "Brigie" Webber and Harry
yallon to saddle on Becker's should
ers the killing Of Rosenthal.
You say you talked with Rose
about the gunner after Rose told me
they killed Rosenthal?" was Whit
mans first question on cross examina-
tion.
"Yes.'' was Sullivan's reply after he
had twisted and squirmed SO that the
question had to be repeated four
times.
Don't you know one gunman was
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