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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-04
COMPETITION OF
PUBLIC UTILITIES
Illinois Commission May Take STAND
Against Light, Heat and Power
COMPANIES.

Illinois Commission May Take STAND
Against Light, Heat and Power
Companies.
limited Press Leased Wire Service.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.,, March 4-The
barring of new gas, light, heating ana.
power companies from fields already
servM by existing companies. was
the next step which students of utili-
ties affairs today said they expected
would be taken with the public utili-
ties commission which yesterday hslu1
that new competing telephone systems
are not necessary and shall not enter
fields already occupied.
Whether the ruling would be ex-
tended to transportation companies,
railroads and street car lines was a
leading question. but some opinion
was expressed that the commission
would not go this far. In the ruling
yesterday the commission followed a
Wisconsin precedent. The Wisconsin
commission has also held that the
case OF gas companies seeking to en-
! tar an occupied field, certificates OF
necessity shall not be granted This
sanctioning OF public monopoly is
justified by the power and authority
OF the commission to require adequate
service and to regulate ratss of exist
| ing companies. It avoids confusion
and costly maintenance OF dual sys
TENS. which must necessarily come
from the pockets Of the public con
sumers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-04

$1,400 to fight the commodity rates,
but now it will be necessary to send
only two men, and the expense viii
be pro-rated
Following Are Members.
The following men, representing
various organizations and towns,
were present at the Clinton meeting
yesterday:
w. B. Martin, Dubuque Shippers
association.
R. D. Waller, Farley & Loetcher
Manufacturing Co.. Dubuque
]. A. O'Halloran, Clinton Sugar Re-
fining Co.. Clinton
a. p Bryant. Curtis Bros. & Co.,
Clinton
NJ. D. Smiley. Clinton Manufactur-
ers G. Shippers association, Clinton,
Iowa
F. J. banner, Davenport CONNER
cial Club, Davenport
G. j. Nelson, The u. N. Roberts Co.
Davenport.
A. r. Eli, Deere & Co, Moline, ILL.,
J. Nj. Custer, Moline Plow Co., Mo
/ line, Ill.
B. d. Lamont. Rock Island PloM
Co. Rock Island, Ill.
Rufus Walker Jr.. The Roat & Val
Dervoat Eng. Co, Moline Auto Co.
East Moline, Ill.
1 Ed F.. Egan, Commercial Exchange
4 Burlington.
/ James NJ. Fulton, Keokuk Industrial
/ Association, keoknk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-04
Income Tax Schedules.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March THE
state tax commission today announced
that persons who underestimate their
tax returns on personal property will
face grand jury action. Attorney
General Hogan is expected to rule
whether this applies to John D. Rock
efeller in case the oil king refuses to
list his s900,000.000 for taxation in
Ohio. Tax commissioners declared
the announcement in no way has to
do with the Rockefeller case.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-04
TRAFFIC EXPERTS
new ORGANIZATION
Association is Formed With keokuk
as Member at Clinton, Yester-
day, 10 Look After
t8s}F Matters.
OF MUTUAL BENEFIT
All Cities in New Organization viii
be Able to Work Together
for the Most
Good.

Tie Upper Mississippi River Cities
Traffic association was formed yester-
day at Clinton. keokuk is member
of the association and was represent
ed at the meeting by James NJ. Fulton.
There were representatives present
from cities on the river from keokuk
10 Dubuque, inclusive. W. l.. Martin,
of the Dubuque shippers association,
was named president and NJ. D. Smil-
ey Of the Clinton Manufacturers and
Shippers association, was elected
secretary.
The purpose of the organization is
TO look after all traffic matters per
tanning jointly to the cities from Keo-
kuk to Dubuque. The members who
represented the various cities and
shippers association were enthusias
tic over the prospects of the organiaa
tion. and it is believed that it will be
helpful in various ways.
The traffic association will fight 1T
battle next week in Washington in tn,
hearing on commodity rates. TIL
roads are endeavoring to increase tn
commodity rates In line with the
per cent increase. The shippers vii
fight the increase. The president an
secretary OF the association will a
tend the hearing and will represen
all the members.
Understand Situation.
Clifford Thorne, state railroad cor
missioner will be the attorney for til
shippers at this fight Both Mr.. Ma
tin and Mr.. Smiley are former RAJ
road men and know the game" fro
start to finish.
The new traffic association w
save money for the cities concerne
n that by sending one or two men
the conferences the expenses of
nan from each city will be spared.
estimated that it would have CO
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-04

B. Murray and Herman j. Schumacher
bought the Ohio Southern division ana
Otto I. Barnard and Mortimer w.
Buckner purchased the Northern ana
Southern divisions, paying a balance
due Of $2,Soo,O09 to the clerk OF the
district court. The price asked by
the court was ss,2o0,oo0, part Of the
sum being paid at the time of the
bidding, when the court ordered the
sale of the road.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-04
Texas Woman Near Death

Wits Folnt, Iex.-In a lette- Iro1
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says: Il was afflicted with womanly
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Thousands of ladies have been helped
TO health and happiness by Cardui. "
will surely help you. Try bottle to-
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-04
High cost Of Living.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO, March 4Repres snta-
tiyes of more than 300 women's clubs
and other organizations met with the
city municipal markets commission
today to plan an assault on the high
cost of living. Methods OF bringing
farmer producers and city consumers
more closely together through the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-04
Railroad Sold cheap.

[UnitsI Press Leased Wire Service. ]
DETROIT, Mich, March AFTER a
receivership lasting six years, the Do.
troit. Toledo and Ironton railway was
sold today for less than enough to
pay for bankruptcy proceedings. Rep
resenting eastern capitalists, DAME
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-04

only One "6RoMo oUlNINED
To get the genuine, call for full name,
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look
for signature of f. w. GROVE Cures
a Cold in One Day. 25c.-Adv.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-04

medium Of city markets were to a'e
sdiEcussed.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-07-10
WARNING SOUNDED
BY BRITISH Peer
UNLESS CHINA DECIDES TO BE
GOOD, CONSEQUENCES MAY
BE DISASTROUS

London, July 10-Warning that
trouble may result from China's re-
fusal to sign the contract in regard
to which territory shall compose out
or and inner Tibet was issued to China
today by Sir Edward Grey, the British
foreign secretary. Sir Edward Speak
ing in the house of commons, said:
'If China does not sign, but resorts
to an aggressive policy, the conse-
quences must be disastrous for China.
There certainly will be grave trouble
on the Indian frontier which will re
quire Great Britain to take up the
matter seriously with the government
of China"
The Darjeerling conference at which
representatives of Great Britain Tibet
and China have been discussing the
subject of Tibetan autonomy. has been
in session since last fall and con
tract was recently drafted and pre-
sented for signature to the three gov
ernments i3S
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-07-10
WARRANTS FOR THREE OTHERS
PHOTOGRAPHS OF FoRTIFIcA
TIoNS AT SAN FRANCISCO
AND PANAMA OFFENSIVE
DEPART MENTS AROUSED
CHARLES X. FIELD AND AsSocI
ATEs IN PREDIcAMENT THAT
MAY LEAD TO PRISON

San Francisco, July 10.--Warrants
for the arrest of Charles K Field,
editor of the Sunset Magazine and
former president of the Bohemian
club Robert ]. Fowler, an aviator;
Ray S. Duhem, photographer, and
Riley A. Scott, a writer, were issued
today at the request of John w. Pres
ton, United States attorney here. The
chargeg against all four is the disclo-
SIRE of military aseerets and the pen
atty in ten years Imprisonment or a
$4,000 fine for such disclosures if
made abroad, or one year or a 81 900
fine if made in the United States.
In April Sunset" pdblished an ar
titled Can the Panama Canal Be De
stroyeds from the Arr
Reproductions. of photographs talxan
from an areoplane and showing some
of the canal zone and of the San Fran
cisco Presidio accompanied the text
AS soon as a copy of the number was
called to the attention of the war
department it requested Preston to in
.yestigate.
Mr.. Fields defense today was that
the photographs showed no actual
Notifications, nor artillery. but only
the emplacement for a gun and the
preliminary work for fort. To this
Nh Preston replied:
Il think the case has merit 1t has
always been an army regulation with
the force of law forbidding the taking
of photographs or views of the per-
manent works Of defense. whether in
course of construction or completed.
by the act of March 3. 1911, con-
gress strengthened the regulation so
that it is now violation of plain
statute for any civilian to take or
publish photographs of any fortifica-
ton, whether complete or in process
of construction.
THE war department regards the
enforcement of this law as absolutely
essential and my instructions are en-
phatic in this case"
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-07-10
PRESIDENT PUTS IT
UP TO THE SENATE
LEcisLATiMEs RnnY Mist LAKE
RESPONSIBILITY IN WARRuRc
INCIDENT

Washington. July 1O.--Pfesident
Wilson will make no nominations for
the federal reserve board In place of
Paul Warburg of New York, until the
senate takes definite action on his
name. Mr. Wilson expects thus to
place the responsibility on the senate
for leaving the board incomplete.
This is the presidents position in
hissafight with the senate over Mr..
Warburg's nomination, as expressed
today by officials in his confidence.
MI Warburg has finally decided that
he will not appear personally before
the banking committee to be cross
examined, and the president is back
ing him in that stand.
The nomination Of Thomas D. Jones.
which the banking committee has vot-
ed to report adversely is in differ
eni position. A fight FOR his confir-
nation may be conducted in a min
oritv renort SIS 5n9G
fr effS1 anf
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-07-10

Washington, July 10.-The last re-
naming officer of the United States
navy who participated in the civil war
ended his service today, when Rear
Admiral William H. Fl. Southerland
was placed on the retired list by oper-
alton Of the age limit. For some time
Ipsst Rear Admiraia southerland has
been member Of the general board.
a native Of New York city, at the age
fof IA he'entered tn service as naval
apprentice for the express purpose OF
Obtaining a commission. heing unable
TO get an appointment at the naval aca-
denny. In 1868 he obtained his com
mission by special order from Presi-
dent Johnson, and four years later he
completed his course at the naval aca-
DENY.
Pear Admiral Southerland's first
command was the Eagle. which vessel
ne commanded in the operations alcng
the Cuban coast during the war with
Spain. In 1901 he commanded the
L olphin and later he commanded the
lcruisers Cleveland and Yankee In the
memorable cruise of the American
batileship fleet around the world he
was in command of rne battleship New
Jersey
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-07-10
Denounces President

Vera Cruz, July 1O.-Querido Mo
heno, former Mexican minister oi
commerce and labor, before departing
today on board the Espagne for Cuba
and the United States, virulently crit
icised the policy of the United States
towards Mexico. AS he sat in the for
ward saloon Of the French liner Senor
Mohena looked through portfolio
toward the American flag flying in
Vera Cruy and shook his fist in rage,
He insisted that he was in a posi-
ton to produce proofs that there ex-
listed secret platform" of the pro-
gressive party in the United States,
of which Theodore Roosevelt was
cognizant, and in which he concurr-
ed, looking to the disruption of Mex
leo and the acquisition ultimately by
the United States OF all the territory
between the Rio Grande and Panama.
He said that Francisco Escudaro, who
was minsitre of foreign relations in
'veneustiana Carranza's cabinet, has
letters which to him are conclusive
evidence of his allegations and de
clared he hoped to be able to produce
these letters at the proper time.
'And not only were the leaders of
the progressive party pledged to this
policy" he added. but politicians OF
both the republican and democratic
parties had promised their secret sup
port. That President Wilson himself
had subscribed to this. ubiquitous con.
spiracy Is evidenced BY nis attitude
toward Mexico Not a single Amert
can in all the hundred million popula.
tlon of the United States can give a
satisfactory answer as to why those
troops are there on shore in Vera
Cruz
ITO show up President Wilson's
crime against Mexico-the greatest in
the history of modern nations is the
announced object Of Senior Moheno's
trip to the United States. He ar
rived here this morning on the Es-
pagne from. Puerto Mexico and said
he would not go ashore during the
liners stay, as Vera Cruz was toe
disagreeable spectacle under the
existing conditions.
senor Moheno also announced that
he would publish boolzk explaining
his connection with Mexican political
affairs since the tragic ten days
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-07-10
NAMES CHOSEN FOR
new DRfADNAOGHIS
NEW MEXICO NOT AMONG THE
FOUR LATEST FLOATING
FORTS OF THE COUNTRY

Washington, July 10 Secretary
Daniels announced today that the
latest four dreadnanshts beginning
with No. ss woela be named Arizona,
California, Mississippi and Idaho The
last two were 50 named IN order that
the states Of Mississippi and Idaho
might not lose their ships because
of the recent sale of two battleships
to Greece.
With the newly named battleships
every state in the union now has a
battleship named for it except Mary
land. Montana. South Dakota. Wash
ington. Wes Virginia, Colorado. North
Carolina. New Mexico and Tennessee
In the future the armoured cruiser
California will be known as the San
Diego. The present congress author.
lied the construction Of three dread
nauehts. No. 80 already IS under con.
structlon 1t the New York navy yard.
Plans for the other Tires are nearly
ready.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-07-10
THREE STHUA[ET ARMIES ARE NOW CLOSING IN ON MEXICO CITY

and also deliver lectures. BY these
methods and through interviews in
the newspapers. he said, he hoped to
convince the American people of the
enormity of the "crime committed not
only by President Wilson but all the
political factors in the United States,
regardless OF party"
Senior Moheno added that he did not
agree with the opinion that the oil
interests were responsible for the rev
olution in Mexico.
On the contrary he ascribed them to
"a greater power; namely, the govern
fment itself as directed by its politi-
clans. Neither did Senior Moheno have
any hope, except of the slightest ma
ture. that the overthrow of General
Huerta by the constitutionalists would
be followed by peace.
Grows Frank in Admiration
Since he left the Mexican capital,
Senor Moheno appears to have be-
come frank in his admiration of Emf
liano zapata. he southern revolution
ary leader III told the newspaper cor
respondents that Zapata was much
misunderstood man. He declared Ia
rata to be simple Indian of high
ideals and patriotic impulses, although
his methods were somewhat barbarous.
zapata would never yield, he assert
ed, to any government unless that
government agreed ully to his de-
mands for the surrender of the lands
of Morelos to him and his followers
Revolts nterminabIe
He added that he had no doubt the
victory of the northern revolutionists
would be succeeded almost immediate
ly not only by continuation of the
zspata revolt. but by other revolts
headed by disappointed sabschiefs of
Continued on page Four)
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-07-10
TODAY IN ceNGEEss

Washington. July 10 senate: Not
In session; meets Monday.
Judiciary and interstate commerce
commission continued work on the
trust program. sqoo
Military committee approved SEN
ator sheppard's bill to appropriate
$4,000 to survey for military high
way four hundred miles along the Rio
Grande.
The house resolution to return to
louisiana its original ordinance Of Sc
cession, now in the war department.
was approved also by the military
committee.
House: Met at noon.
Disputed amendments in the Indian
appropriation bill were debated
The general deficiency bin to ap-
pren=iste = s05 A64 was reported
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-07-10

| capital and the southern edge of the
territory controlled by the revolutions
lists.
On the east General Pablo Con
zales with an army of 10000 men
holds dominion from the border to
San Luis Potosi, "a hours by rail from
Mexico City.
In the center General Villas divis-
ion occupies the country from Juarez
to Aguas Calientes, IS hours travel
from the capital city of Mexico.
To the west General Alvaro Obre-
gon has stretched his lines as far as
Guadalajara, second largest city in
the republic, and within six hours
ride by railway to the central goal
Once San Luis Potosi is captured
the three military divisions of the
constitutionalist forces will converge
on Mexico City, according to asser-
tons made in Ell Paso today by both
Carranza and Villa followers. When
this combination is effected $4,000
men will be available for the move
ment against the ultimate goal 1t
was predicted here that this concen-
tration will take place at Celaya, state
of Gnanajuato, and eight hours ride
from Mexico City. This point is a
junction of National railways from
Guadalajara, Aguas Calientes and San
Luis Potosi.
Before the three armies arrive there
two or three strongly fortified towns
held by Huerta's troops, including
Guanajuato and Solioa, must be cap
tured. From Celaya. the meeting
point. the combined armies would
have before them one fortified city.
This Is Querataro, 80 miles from Mex
leo City and the place where Huerta,
according to general belief. intends
to make his last stand.
- obreeon Captures Artillery
General 0bregon has advised Gen
eral Carranza that his troops. in TAX
ing Guadalajara captured 15 troop
trains and eight cannon Obregon
stated also that seven machine guns,
plenty of rifles and rifle ammunition
and two carloads of cannon ammuni-
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-07-10
Net Drawing Closer

81 Paso, Tex, July 10.-The speedy
return of Villas army southwark from
Chihuahua City to resume the cam
paign against Mexico City was pre-
dicted here today following the re
ceipt Of advices from Torreon that
the international peace conference
was finally ended, and a report Of its
transactions soon would be given te
the press.
With Guadalajara in constitutional
ist hands and San LUIS Potosi besieg
ed by the revolutionists. there remain
only two or three points Of defense
for the federaIs between the nationa
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-07-10

Saltillo, July (vial Laredo Tex,
July 1O)-Guaymas, one of the most
important seaports on the Mexican
west coast, was evacuated by federals
today, according to advices, to General
Carranza.
The constitutionallst commander in
yesting Guaymas was authorized to
agree to an armistice until the feder-
ais should leave the city by boats, the
truce being to save property of nom
combatants and unnecessary slaugh-
ter.
General Carranza has authorized AL
varedo to establish municipal gov
ernment Immediately at Guaymas. 1t
is understood the terms of evacuation
announced here in advance yesterday
were carried out, by which the Amer
lean naval vessels in the harbor guar
anteed the -armistice with promise
also that after it was over the fed
eral gunboat would not lombard the
newly established consitutionalist
y ilgIEAlrfisOn. 'im
A few additional details Of the cap
ture of Ghadalajara arrived today.
General Obregon reports:
Concerning the disaster which be-
fell the column Which rallied out of
Guadalajara aiifs (Which was met by
the forces Of General Lucio Blanko,
report they have entirely dispersed.
They made shameful flight. The
number of killed, it is impossible to
estimate. We fought over some 100
kilometers. We are now engaging the
scattered bands which have fled to
the mountains. All the federal artil-
lers was feupds scattered over the
country covered py. The battle
Obregon said he was certain his
own losses, the extent of which was
still unknown to him, would pc small,
because of the feeble federal resist
ance. He said no prominent consti-
tutionalist officers were killed
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-07-10
SISTERS ARRESTED FOR
SBR0THERS DEATH
AFTER MANY oUARRELs THEY
SHOOT HIM, BY ROADSIDE
IN ILLINOIS

Dixon. ILL.,, July TO- Mrs Emma
Hutton and Miss Lille Byers were
held to the grand jury without bail
today on a charge of having shot and
|kilied their brother, Emmanuel Byers,
yesterday.
There had been freauent disagree,
ment between the brother and the sis
ters, and according to witnesses the
two women went to Byera' hay field
yesterday, and calling their brother to
the roadside, shot him four times.
The court was told that each Of the
sisters fired shots which struck their
brother, but Mrs. Hutton today tried
to shield her younger sister. Lille
Byers and said that she alone did the
shooting.
It was reported today that the two
women had practiced shooting at a
mark IN their orchard for several days,
They we're taken to the county jail
at Morris. Byers left widow and
five children.
David Byers, their father. Is d
wealthy land owner.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-07-10
carranza OFF for Potosl

TampIco, Mexico. July 8 (via Lar
edo. TEX. July 10.)-General Jesus
Carranza and staff left here today for
San Luis Potosi, followed by two mil
itary trains bearing 1900 troops. The
railroad tracks we're reported repaired
within Is miles of San Luis Potosi.
The advance guards OF the eonstitu-
tionalists. it is said. were already at
taeking federals in the suburbs OF the
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-07-10
.GUAYMAS EVACUATED, CARRANzA =
near POT0s|, and THREE DIVISIONS
in FIELD, mexico CITY IS DOOMED
CITY, with heavy fighting around San
Luis Potosi already in progress, it
was estimated here that 10000 consti-
tutionalists soon would make COM
Dined attack.
Result Of Revolution Certain


Douglas, Ariz., July TO- Satisfactory
owens in the easy victory achieved
Wednesday by constitutionalists at
Guadalajara, capital of Victoriano
Huerta's native state of Jalisco, were
found today by constitutionalist sym
pathizers along the border.
To an astonishing degree, they point
ed out, thas the world been taken into
confidence as the future campaign
plans of the constituationalsist and
they asserted that notoneventure thus
far has resulted other than predicted.
They recalled, that many weeks ago,
when General Carranza started for Ell
Paso and the east, it was openly stat
ed that column of constitutionalists
would march down the west coast and
penetrate Mexico toward the province
of Tepec, with Guadalajara as an OBJ
jective. They admit that it was the
intention to take Mazatlan on the way,
an0 as Mazatlan still stands, but so
beleaguered, that it's defense by the
federals is nothing to worry about.
An important factor in the taking of
Guadalajara from the dispirited feder-
ais is the amount of munitions. of war
believed here to have been taken. This
also, constitutionalists said, was sim
ply confirmation Of another advance
nctice-that they would arm them
selves from despoiled federal if need
be.