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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-08
'HA[F million MINERS
WILL NOT CO on STRIKE.

everywhere to hold themselves In
readiness to respond to any call We
may make upon them. You can rec.
assured we are firmly resolved to
carry out any move which we believe
to be beneficial to the Colorado
strikers, but at this particular time
we are convinced that the policy we
have outlined above is :he wisest
course for us to pursue"
The International executive board
issued statement this afternoon CIV
ing it's view of the Colorado strike
and of the causes.
I'VE deplore the loss OF life, acts OF
violence and destruction of property
that have taken place." read the
statement. I'VE are for peace and
the establishment of right relations
between employers and employees.
Before a strike took place, the
miners asked their employers to meet
them and listen to their grievances.
| They asked again and again for con-
iferences. but each time their request
| was refused. Each morning they went
| to work. If they were good enough to
mine their coal, why should their
claims for social justice be denied?
Tney discontinued work until they
could be heard and In an effort to drive
them back, the operators began a poll
icy of persecution and the establish
ment of reign of terror"
! The staten snt then recounts the
incidents Of the civil war, :elling OF
the battle OF Ludlow and placing all
blame On the operators and their
/ vicious gun men.
NO fouler crime or more brutal
ldeed was ever recorded on the pages
Of American history" 1t read. "All
of this could have been avoided II
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. would have
spoken one word"
/ The humble miners are said to be
fighting the battle Of the common
people against the powerful corpora
tions associated with John d. Rookie
feller. Jr The statement ends with
4 a petition for peace.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-08
WHITE HOUSE WEDDING CAKE
.. CONTAINED MANY TRINKETS

the bride with DR.. Carey N. Grayson's
sword. Miss Bones drew the ring.
Miss Bones is a cousin to the presi-
dent. DR.. Grayson is his aide. All
the guests showed their satisfaction
in signs" when they remarked after
wards that it was Mrs McAdoo who
as Miss Eleanor Wilson drew the
ring at the thirteenth white house.
wedding last November. Other signs
of the wedding cake designated Frank
lin Houston, son of the secretary OF
agriculture, as the rich man 20 be.
! His portion OF the wedding cake
brought piece of money. Miss Nancy
Lane. one of the flower girls. is fated
to have luck Miss Sallie McAdoo,
another flower girl. is to be a great
belle. Little Miss Anna Hamlin.
daughter of the assistant secretary OF
the treasury, drew the thimble-the
token Of spinsterhood.
Hundreds of beautiful gifts were
received by the bride. McAdoos gift
was still secret soday brt 1t Is be-
lieved to be a jewel. Mr.. and Mrs.
I, McAdoo was expected back in Wash
! ington within a couple of weeks to
take ND their residence in the secre-
taTy's mansion.
| Mrs. McAdoo is now the second
lady of the cabinet and is expected to
bring great brilliance and gaiety to
cabinet functions Of the future.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-08
DREAM MURDER
TOLD BY KEITH
Man Claims That He Killed
Another While in
Sort of a
Trance.
WIFE WAS UNFAITHFUL
Anonymous Letter, Probation offieer.
Neiphbors and His Wifs's Con-
fession, Finally Con-
vinced Him.

II United Press Leased Wire Servtce.l
CHICAGO, May 8.-William Keith,
who shot and killed Walter Paul
last October, while in a dream"
took the stand today to tell how Paul
ruined his family"
Just previous 20 the beginning OF
Keith's testimony. George Popham,
his attorney. read a confession sign
ed Mrs. Rosebud Keith in which
the defendant wife is alleged to have
confessed to having improper relations
with ten men. He omitted all The
names except that Of Paul. The state
made no objection to the admission
of this confession.
Keith said he met Rosebud Horton
through q preacher in Oakwood. Ala.
He was twenty-three, she eighteen.
Her mother objected to their marriage
and they eloped. Two years later,
Thelma, the sixteen year old girl.
who testified yesterday in her fathers
behalf, was born. The Kei.hs moved
to Kansas, then came to Chicago In
1900. They have two other children.
Keith was self-possessed on the
stand.
The first intimation he had Of his
wife's alleged unfaithfulness. Keith
said, was through an anonymous let
tier. Soon after. a probation ofncer
cal2e to the hcuse. an6 told Keith che
had received a report that his wife
was COMFORTING herself in such man.
ner as to make the home an unfit
place for their children. His wife de.
MED the allegations a. first but later
confessed. Keith said, when she was
confronted by the stories of several
neighbors She told him that Paul
had forcibly attacked both her and
Thelma.
II remembered that Paul carried a
revolver, so went and got my own
said Keith. Il don't remember much
after that until had sort of vision.
+ thought l was sitting in my own
home l heard Thelma scream.
saw her struggling in the arms of
Paul Suddenly there was an ex-
plosion and / found myself in the
patrol wagon. The next l knew I was
in court"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-08
Strikers and Operators Each
Insist That Arms Are
Being Concealed.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
TRINIDAD, Colo. May S.--All arms
Of strikers and coal mine guards IN
southern Colorado must be surrender
ed to United States troops by Mon
day, according to a proclamation SAID
to have been tentatively prepared to-
day by Colonel Lockett, commanding
the regulars here, and scheduled 10
be issued tonight Major VIM. A Hoi-
brook, Lockett's chief aide, today re-
sumed his tour through the Goa!
camps OF Las Animons aud Huerfano
counties and gatherings of strikers
st Sopres, Strouse and Rugby. He 's
mging miners to observe the forth
coming proclamation without pariey.
Neither Lockett or HoIbrook conceais
HE belief that the situation is SER
ious. Bitter hatred engendered De
tween strikers and mine guards during
the long strike has not diminished
With the arrival Of United Sta, ,es
soidien. instead, strong feeling OF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-08
Was Hard Job to Get Twelve
Men Together in
His Second
Trial.
TOO MANY oP1N1oNATED
Interesting Rumor That Cochran
Was to be Cited to Appear
for Contempt Of
Court.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, May S.-Efforts 20
complete the jury in the second trial
Herman Rosenthal, today developed
the fact that the average New Yorker
has no desire to serve in the cels-
brated case. Nine out of Ten of the
talesmen 80 far examined have been
quickly excused by consent when they
said they already had opinions that
they feared even sworn testimony
would not etface. No feature of the
proceedings has had a more depress-
ing effect on the defense than .he
procession of frankly opinionated can
didates for the jury box. The last 100
Iof special panel of 800 talesmen
were present for examination this
morning and arrangements were made
to have an extra panel of 100 In court
this afternoon. Neither the defense
nor the district attorney were par.
ticularly sanguine Of completing the
jury today and another extra panel
may be required.
Interest today was principally cen
tered In the announcement that Ward.
en- Clancey OF Sing Sing and Chaplain
Cashin who heard the verbal confes-
sion Of "Dago Frank" Cirofici, one OF
the executed gunmen, will he called
as witnesses.
Another development OF moment
was the rumor that Bourke Cochran
who opened for the defense with a
demand that District Attorney Whit
man be committed for contempt for
newspaper statements given on the
eve OF the trial, may himself be the
subject of contemp. proceedings. Quit
ting court the first day, Cochran de-
clared to reporters that he was out
Of the case because it was mot a
trial. but an assassination" Justice
Seabury has since been investigating
and it was reported that an explana-
I ton would be demanded.
Paul v. Camors, stock and bond
salesman, was seated during the
morning session OF the trial as the
seventh juror Camors was .he tenth
/ talesman examined today. The others
were excused. all stating they had
formed opinions. The eighth juror
was secured in the person OF Robert
:. Baxter, forty, q clerk OF Ga Wall
street. He was the thirty-ff.h tales
man examined today
Within a comparatively short time
three more jurors were chosen, leav-
ing only one more to be obtained be.
!, fore the box is filed. The last three
! chosen are:
No. 9, Willoughby R. Schmidt, "a,
clerk.
No. 10, D. L. Holbrook, 4s, mechan-
! zeal engineer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-08
FUNERAL. SERVICE
FOR GENERAL SICKLES
Twelfth Regiment Of National Guard
Acted az Guard Of Honor
in Procession.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK, May S.-Funeral scr-
vice for General Daniel F.. sickles
were held at st. Patrick's cathedral
today and the body Of the hero OF
Gettysburg was taken to the PENN
sylvania terminal to be taken to-
Washington for burial The Twelfth
regiment of national guard formed an
honor guard for the funeral process
sion from the Sickles' home to tho
cathedral.
The body will be met at Washing-
ton by military guard which will
stand watch until Saturday morning
when burial will be made in the
Arlington cemetery in Virginia
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-08
Executive Committee Does
Not Favor General Walkout
in Sympathy With
Colorado.
lis NEED FOR FINANCES
Better for the Men to Keep
at Work and Use Their
Money to Help the
Cause.

United Press Leased Wire SerV1ce.j
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May S.-The
executive committee of the United
Mine Workers are against general
strike OF 100000 men, which has been
urged by many locals as a protest
against conditions in the Colorado
ed. In q statement issued today, the
committee declared it better for all
miners outside of Colorado to remain
at work in order that they may better
finance the Colorado strike "for one
year or ten years" but insisted that if
conditions do not improve, general
strike may yet be called. The state
ment predicted victory for the Colo
RADIO strike sin the no. distant future
After stating that many resolutions
calling for a general strike had been
received and carefully considered
from every angle, the statement con
tinues: I'VE have come to the con.
clusion that 1t Is not the part Of wis.
dom for the miners in the organized
states to engage in general strike
at this particular time. believing we
lcan better aid our gallant broshers in
Colorado by remaining at work, thus
insuring in a financial way our fulies'
support to the men, women and chill
dren who have SO long engaged il
| this great Industrial struggle In Colo
RADIO.
I'm view Of the Importance Of the
situation in Colorado, we must be In
position to properly finance the strike
IN that state for one year, or ten
years II need be, until the success OF
the miners cause Is assured and q
general strike at this time might
jeopardize our position in this re
spect without adding anything ma
terial to the success Of the Colorado
strike. We have reached this con
earnest consideration of various is.
; sues that would be involved in gen
eral strike. 1t Is vitally necessary
that we continue to feed, clothe and
shelter for indefinite period the splen.
did men, women and children engaged
in this strike and with proper moral
and financial support from all trade
unionists and liberty loving citizens
throughout the land, we are thorough
ly convinced that the Colorado strike
can be won In the not distant future
"Of course, If conditions in Colo
RADIO do not improve and if we do not
receive proper protection from the
federal government, this policy may
be changed to meet the exigencies OF
any new situation that the future may
develop.
I'VE call upon our membership
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-08
etary Garrison and Gener-
n Staff Decline to Tell
what The Conference
Was About.
CHANGE Is REPORTED
Hundred Refugees Who
.ed From Capital Are Elk
pected to be Safe
by Night.

tted Press Leased Wire Service.l
ASHINGTON. May S.-Following
Inference with President Wilson.
Ntary Tnmulty today emphatical.
tented that General Funston had
,rted that critical state OF af-
!. existed at Vera Cruz. Tumulty
Reports OF an attack on American
es at Vera Cruz and that q seri.
crisis has arisen there. are utter
without foundation. General Fun
Ii has reported to Secretary Garri-
stori - brought to him by refu-
4 regarding conditions in Mexico
81 They are, however, merely con-
|iatory Of what Is already known
( there Is no intention at this time
bending any additional forces to
Cruz"
ecrstary Tumulty declined to com.
mt on the conference between Sec
ary Garrison and members OF the
seral stan which lasted until long
br midnight.
seer stary or War Garrison insisted
h no orders sending new ahips 70
~ rrus Nod Oeen given Zap 10 the
9sent. He maintained that dis
sches from General Funston were
! the cause OF hurried conference
The general army stan held at mid
Int.
rhe exact reason for the conference
NAMED q mystery. Extraordinary
srecy was manifested. General
Itherspoon. chief 'of stan. refused
Int blank to discuss the meeting.
day Garrison said he could not
X about it. It was this unusual air
reserve that lent air to the belief
IN the stan did more than talk
out routine matters. Unofiicially II
i stated that the conference was
. discussion OF future army opera.
MS" Reports from refugees who
d from Mexico City principally al
,ed danger threatening Americana
Atle to leave Mexican interior
ints, caused grave concern today
reports transmitted by
imiral Badger that two oil wells
ar Tampico were burning added to
e tenseness Of the situation.
Among the rumors afioat was one
at Huerta, having sent his family
the west coast, was preparing to
nd his army in person. Another un
nfrmed report was that Funston
ID advised ofhcials that two more
'ssels loaded with munitions fol
inertia were OF the Mexican coast
Ill another had it that vessels with
unitions for the constitutionalisti
sre or Tampico
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-08
Weather Conditions.

The center of the disturbance,
which caused showers yesterday, has
passed to the lower lake region. and
there have been showers in portions
OF the upper Mississippi and Ohio
valleys and the lake region, the rain
fall being heavy at Chicago.
Unsettled weather, with rising tenn
perature. in the mountain region is
following the high pressure.
Conditions indicate fair weather for
this section tonight and Saturday,
with probably light frost tonight, fol-
lowed by rising temperature Saturday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-08
THE WEATHER

For Keokuk and vicinity: Fair to-
nigh. and Saturday. Light frost to-
night. Rising temperature Saturday.
For Illinois and Missouri: Fair to-
night and Saturday. Probably light
frost tonight in north and central
portions. Rising temperature Satur.
day.
For Iowa: Fair tonight and prob
ably Saturday. Light frost tonight
Rising temperature Saturday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-08
Two Bodies Recovered.

United Press Leased Wire Service.J
CHICAGO, May 8.-Two bodies be-
lieved to be those of men who were
drowned near the Lawrence avenue
crib in view of hundreds of persons
on the night of February 6, were rs.
covered from Lake Michigan today
by the police. The bodies are believ-
ed to be those of William Cannell,
90, and Steve Varley, 30.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-08
Won His WAGER.

PARIS, May S.-A Lyons laborer.
having wagered bottle Of wine that
he would commit murder. stabbed a
fellow workman to death, drank the
wine and escaped.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-08
|l)N|GAT Meeting To
TALK OVER MEXICAN WAR

That General Leonard Wood will
be IN supreme command of army oper-
ations II hostilities result was made
clear today by Secretary Garrison. He
said Gen. Franklin Bell who arrived
at San Francisco and went at once to
the border. will remain in charge Of
the second army division. Should that
division be sent to Mexico, Bell will
be its head. Funston will head the
fifth brigade and Wood will be over
all.
Oil Territory Needs Protection.
WASHINGTON, May s. Despite
Official Ganials and marked reticence,
it was learned today that Admiral
Mayo has recommended through Ad-
miral Badger that oil territory near
Tampico BIZ occupied by American
forces for protection purposes only.
It is known that q lengthy report
dealing with the situation there was
received by the navy department to-
day. 1t was. laid before the cabinet
by Secretary Daniels.
A rumor which neither Daniels nor
Bryan would discuss was that which
declared that two oil wells. one OF
them the property of the Pearson
syndicate OF London, were destroyed
day before yesterday. This report
was circulated in the diplomatic
corps. When Secretary Daniels was
asked directly whether he had heard
anything about 1t he said he had no
report today He refused to say. how
sver, that he did not receive such re-
port yesterday. A delegation appoint
ed at meeting of representatives OF
various oil companies in the Tampico
district, called on Secretary Bryan to-
day and demanded that steps be tax.
en- to safeguard their property. The
secretary promised to do everything
in his power to do so. He stated that
the subject would have the immediate
attention Of himself and the presi-
dent. e
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-08
Daily River Bulletin.
Stare Hoirht Change We.

RIVER eOESCdSt.
The river will continue to rise slow
ly from Davenport to Keokuk until
Monday.
Local Observations.
May Bar.Ther. Wind Weather.
p. m. :. 1924 AZ w Clear
9 { a. nj. :. 30.07 As NV Clear
Rainfall for the past "a hours. 5
hundredths.
River above low water OF 1864,
fee. tenths.
Change. in "a hours, rise . tenths.
Mean temp perature. May Z, 81.
Highest temperature, 81.
Lowest temperature. 46.
Lowest temperature last night. ~.
FRED 2. GOSEWISCH,
Observer.
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s0osprlbers 81 The 0aily Gate City
~. earved the full Leased wire Ser.
yIee u the United Press Associations.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-01
Jealousy Believed
Motive Of Shooting

BEATRICE, Neb., Nov 3O.-(Special
Telegram. )-william Iben, farmer who
was lodged in Jail here last night for
shooting John Trauernicht three times at
the farmers home five miles southeast
of Wymore, refuses to make any state
ment OF the affair. One of the shots
penetrated Trauernicht's left lung and he
has been slowly sinking today. His
death is expected at any time.
1t was learned today that when Iben
opened fire on Trauernicht. he was sitting
in his buggy unermed. His team ran
away, throwing the wounded man out
on the road. Iben shot himself, inflict-
ing as light scalp wound. He has not
been informed of the serious condition
Of his victim and the county attorney
will await developments before filing a
complaint against him.
The fact that Iben has been Jealous of
his wife is given as the cause of the
shooting. The authorities are of tie
opinion that Iben is mentally deranged.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-01
Nebraska
Automobile Route
Proposed Across
Southern Nebraska

TECUMSEH. Neb., Nov. S0-(Special. --
William e. Conway. field superintendent
OF the northwestern division Of a pro
posed transcontinental automobile road.
now being constructed under an orgsnizs-
ton with headquarters In Washington.
ID. c., is at work In Otoe. Nemaha. Gage
and johnson counties. The road Is routed
from Des Moines, la, to Nebraska city.
west through Auburn. Tecumseh. Beatrice
and thence west in a short route to Den
YER
Good roads meetings have been held
in these four counties this week. two good
meetings being held i'm Tecumseh. Mr..
Conway is organizing the counties and
getting promises from the different towns
as to what will be done on this proposed
road In the way of work. He informs
the people here that there are many auto
lists In the east who do not care TO travel
the lincoln Highway and favor this new
road. II the road can be gotten up to his
expectations Mr.. Conway promises that
there will be more than 1000 automobiles
leave Washington, ID. c, for the Pana-
ma-PRcific exposition at Sap Francisco
next summer which win traverse this line.
The markings of the road through the
four counties named. for each county has
agreed to make the road and mark It.
will be sixteen-inch white band. with a
two-inch black border at top and bottom,
on telephone and electric light poles along
the way. In places where there is dan
ger ahead or approaching school houses
a red band OF twelve inches will be added.
The line selected through johnson county
is the old Brownville road east 10 west
from the Namaha line TO Tecumseh and
then the regular Vesta and Crab orchard
line west from here.
The promoters OF the plan in Tecum-
sch are arranging 90 hold big banquet
with plates at 81 each to raise the initial
fund for the purpose of grading and drag
ging this new main road.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-01
Subscriptions for.
German Warships
Taken in Petrograd

PETRoGRAD, Nov. SO.-(via London.)-
The Novoe Vremya today publishes an
explanation of the recent wholesale ex-
pulsion of Germans from the capital
saying 1t was due to the discovery OF
subscription lists for the building OF ships
for the German fleet.
The newspaper prints in detail the
amount subscribed. as we'll as the givers
and collectors. many of the names being
those OF prominent German manufactur-
ers. The paper says that many directors
and managers of important German con-
Germs In Petrograd and vicinity took part
in collecting the sums. using their EN-.
ployes or the wives Of their worikmen as
canvassers
The Novoe Vremya alleges that the
campaign was started by Count Won Pour
tales. the German ambassador to Russia
during the months Immediately preceding
the war in the guise OF funds for Ger
man Lutheran missions ia heather coun-
tries.