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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01
HOTEL PROPRIETOR
AND SONG BIRD
Jewelry Was Found Hidden in Her
Room After Police Were
Called.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
ST. LOUIS, Mo, Jan. 81. Mrs. Lii
han Rossi, an opera singer, and her
husband, Frank Rossi, playwright.
We're arrested today on complaint of
John Schroeder, hotel proprietor, who
alleges he missed $1,1Oo worth of
iewelry after dining with Mrs. Rossi
and accompanying her to a hotel He
said he thought he was drugged. The
woman said he gave her the iewelry
and told officers where to find it in her
room, When his jewelry was return
ed, Schroeder refused to prosecute,
but Captain Gaffney ordered the
couple held pending investigation.
Mrs Rossi said she came here two
weeks ago, from New York where she
sang in grand opera.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01
Pope Has Difficult Problem.

ROME, Jan. 31.-Pope Plus is again
in troubled waters as result of
European politics. Servia, whose terri
tory has been doubled as result OF
the two recent Balkan wars, has just
sent to Rome commission to nego-
tiate a concordat with the vatican.
Personally, the pope is most favor
ably disposed toward Servia. Austria,
however, which is the vatican's strong
est friend amongst the big European
powers. has for the past. century
been trying to crush the little state
that is always trying to create a big
Slav empire on her southern border.
Austria also enjoys from the vatican
the position of protector of the Catho-
lie church in the entire Balkan pen
insular. She has lodged an emphatic
protest with the pope against this
diminution of her power and the in
crease of that of Seryia which would
result from concordat with the vat
lean Pope Plus gives no indication of
just how he is going to get out of the
difficult position
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01
BIG MEETING OF
WOMEN VOTERS
suffragists viii Speak and There Will
be Organ Sc
Iections.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO. Jan. Answering the
last call. "of petticoat politicians be-
fore registration, leaders of the local
feminist movement today planned to
pack the Auditorium tomorrow after
noon at the grand registration rally"
OF the women voters of Chicago.
Campaign cigars and spread eagle
orators were conspicuously absent
from the attractions offered but the
speakers list included some Of the
most prominent among the country .
suffragists. Jane Adams, Ella Flags
Young, Catherine Waugh McCulloch,
Grace Wilbur Trout and Virginia
Brooks Washburn will be among the
speakers. The torch light procession
and other features of the old-time
political meeting were to be supplant'
led by organ solos.
The purpose of the meeting will be
Ito get out the vote for registration
Tuesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01
THE MENACE OF
THE JAPANESE
Admiral vreeland Tells What They
Could do in Case of War
With Us.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31-lf the
United States does not continue build
ing new battleships annually, Japan
will soon become a superior naval
force and may insist upon repeal of
the California alien land law, by vir-
tue of this superior power. This was
the reported statement to the house
naval affairs committee of Admiral
Vreeland, member of the navy
strategy board yreeland testified be-
hind closed doors. He commented ex-
tensively on the Japanese naval build
ing program. No record of his testl-
mony was made and members who
heard it discussed the matter with re-
luctance.
Vreeland's discussion of the Jap
anese situation was the climax Of a
stormy committee session which Rep
Preventative Buchanan of Illinois, Tit
tile navy advocate left in anger.
Buchanan and Representative Hens
Hey, of Missouri. clashed with vree
land over the alleged activity of the
navy league in fomenting sentiment
for a larger navy. The representatives
charged that officers of the navy
league were interested in corporations
selling navy supplies and spent mon
ey in their districts to influence their
Votes for larger navy.
Vreeland was also reported to have
discussed the comparative strength OF
American, English and German navies
Committeeman said he advocated 9
larger navy-four battleships a year
Discussing Japan, Vreeland was
said to have declared that Japan
covets the Philippines as an outlet fol-
her population; that the United States
could not get to the Philippines In
case of war with Japan in time to
hold the islands even with the Pan
anna canal available. That Japan
might even be able to seize Hawai-
bv lack of a naval defense on the Pa
cifc coast and inability of this coun
try to rush battleships to the Pacific
| was dHollei iePoiIe leu sIdeenIeH. VI
!Vreeland's.
He is also said to have declared
that the Panama canal and Alaska
could be taken by the Japanese
He considered it was stated. thai
Japan's first act in case of war wouic
be to seize the Philippines and tina
the California anti-alien land bill wa!
a vehicle which might be seized OF
as an excuse. Japan has no regular
naval building program Vreeland as
serted, but was continually building
new battleships as fast as her re
sources and credit would permit.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01
The
Solid Gold Twins

These two "a karat angels of
good fortune are called MER-
CFANDISE and SERVICE.
When they are welded in the
successful bond of ADVERTISING
they become parents to all the
children of PROSPERITY.
Mr.. Local Dealer: The work of
the manufacturer might be said to
end where he makes good article
and sells it to you at fair price.
But he is too wise to stop there
He assists you in service to the
public by advertising his goods in
the newspapers which your Gus
toners read.
done little more than his share.
He expects that you will at least
let the public know that you have
the goods. He expects you to furn>
Ism service. Only 10 Cne extent
that you do give service are you
entitled to a profit.
Link the right kind of service
with the work of the manufacturer
and see how fast your business
will grow
The Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers
Association, World Building, New
York, will gladly furnish without
charge the manufacturers contem-
plating newspaper advertising
campaigns special data on local
conditions in all parts of the Unit
ed States and Canada.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01

cialistic strength both in and out OF
parliament. Bissolati organized a nav
party known as the reformed social
lists who have since supported the
government, while those who refused
to accept the new order Of things
split up into other socialist parties,
with the names Of radical socialists,
conservative socialists, ctc. Thus,
the king and Premier Giolitti attain
ed their first object in splitting up
the socialist opposition.
The task to winning over to the
the reformed socialists who
represent the great bulk Of socialists
in Italy, has also proceeded with
equal celebrity and success. To Bisso-
lati and his followers, Premier Clio
l.tti has accorded most OF their de-
mands for socialistic legislation. II
was for them that he forced the pass
age in parliament Of the universal suit
frage law, granting the right Of sui
frage to 100000 new voters, most
Of them analphabets. It was for them
that he forced the passage Of the law
creating government monopoly on
life insurance and creating an oid
age psnsion fund out Of the profits.
In the present parliament Giolitti has
promised to the socialists a law that
is destined to carry elementary edu-
cation to every person in Italy with
in the next few years. Several other
pet measures of the socialists are
also to be presented by him during
the present session of parliament. SO
that as a matter of fact socialists OF
Italy find themselves in the rather
impossible position of asking or ad-
vocating a change to a republican
form of government when as mat
ter of fact they are getting every
thing they can possibly ask for from
the monarchy. The king and Premier
Giolitti, however, are also giving them
such an actual integral part and rep
resentation in the government as to
leave them very little else to desire
Within the next few months, 1t is
very likely that either Deputy Bisso-
lati or some other equally prominent
socialist in parliament, will pass to
the cabinet. With Italy thus gradual
lily turned into socialistic monarchy,
there is considered very little !skeli-
! hood that King. Victor will ever be
called upon to surrender his throne
or that he will not be able to pass It
along to his son Prince Umberto, who
| is being brought up on socialistic
doctrines, in a fairly secure state.
! The only thing that will tLen remain
| to be done, will be for the socialists
/ themselves to recognize that a social
| istic monarchy is not only very
| practical but very desirable posi-
b.lity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01
HOW TO BE A
SUCCESSFUL HUSBAND
Judge Lindsey's Recipe is Rather
Vague But Probably Will
Pass.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
DENVER, Colo, Jan. 31.-"No man
can be successful in big way who
is not success as husband"
Judge Ben B. Lindsey, newly wed.
made this remark tonight when asked
by newspaper men to give formula
to answer the question how to be a
successful married man
The two should never get angry at
the same time" resumed the Jurist.
During my judicial career l have
divorced 5000 persons and married but
800. Most of the divorce cases have
been through misunderstanding in
small things of life. They take each
either too seriously
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01
ATE NEWS FROM THE FOREIGN FIELDS

some time now, he has seldom drunk
anything but mineral waters or lem
onade. The empress also is a total
abstainer. Prince Bernard OF SAKE
Beiningen, whose wife is sister Of
the kaiser, is a leader among the
anti-alcoholist rulers of the German
states.
Despite the decrease in drinking,
Germany's beer bill'' annually, is
still about equal to its national debt;
is three times greater than the ex-
penditures for maintaining its vast
army; six times greater than the EN-
tire workingmens insurance, and sew
en- times greater than the cost OF
maintaining the wonderful German
school system.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01

That the once, all-powerful, uni-
versally spoken French language is
losing its hold is the contention of M.
Emile Laley, scientific writer. He
is one of the most widely quoted
Frenchmen. IF France continues to
allow the matter to follow it's own
natural course" he said, "the present
generation may have to take part in
an 1870 of the French language just
as the preceding generation unhap-
PLY witnessed that of our military
glory and political position
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01
Had a Nightmare.

I United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
ST. Louis, Mo-, Jan. 81. How Al
fred Wehmiller, president of the Bar.
ris Wehmiller Machinery company
went to bed in lower Pullman
berth last night and awoke at a. m.
this morning In an upper berth across
the aisle was told by Wehmiller on
reaching st. Louis this afternoon from
the scene of the Chicago and Alton
flyer wreck near Lockport, ILL.,, in which
twelve persons were injured. Web
miller suffered wrenched back and
possibly broken rib as the result OF
his forcible transfer Of berths.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01
TWO Drowned.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, Ian. Engineer
john Maloney and Gus Page, deck
hand. We're drowned this afternoon
when the Mallory liner Concho ran
down the water boat William Dinsdale
in dense fog off Liberty Island,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01
Lonu Ride for a Nickle.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO. Jan. 31.-Chicago offers
the longest ride of surface cars in the
world for nickle beginning tomor-
row. BY unification OF the surface
lines and the adoption OF system of
universal transfers, the windy city
traveller can ride twenty-eight miles
for his nickle. New York gives
about ten miles and Philadelphia
about thirteen for a MCKEE, according
to local traction company officials.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01

carry the military staff. ammunition,
etc. The cars, which have already
been built, have a decidedly military
look with Hotchkiss repeating guns
from the port holes. The
craft will make a speed OF nearly 100
kilometres an hour. according to the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01
An Expensive Shave.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO, Jan. 31.-Patsy Rolf
confessed he stole load of bricks
sold them and spent the proceeds
with a barber, pleading that he hadn't
had a shave for two months. The
shave cost him S. and costs and ten
days In the Bridewell.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01

Read The Daily Gate City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-04
TALKS ON THRIFT
WORLDWIDE THRIFT lessons

When the masses are educated to un-
derstand the Importance Of thrift, our ma
tional thrift and prosperity will be at
t1oodtide. William C. Cook, Chicago.
banker.
In all the discussion and speculation
about higher living cost and the slowing
up of business at the present time it is
only once in a while that we hear the
matter of thrift or the lack of it, mem
toned in that connection, and yet it is
one of the most important factors in the
situation.
There is nothing local about the condi-
tions which now exist They are world
wide, and the chief cause is lacix of plain,
old-fashioned thrift 1t is simply the
habit OF extravaganza. of wastefulness, of
heedlessness, that has been growing fast
among all classes Of people and all gov
ernments. Before capital can be created
wealth must be saved However. great
the production Of wealth, If it is not saved
IT cannot be applied to the reproductive
process-to the creation of new wealth.
But even if when saved and thus applied
1t is devoted to reproducing wealth in
new, economically useless and extrava-
CANT forms, it is burden rather than
benefit to the lives of the plain people
whose necessities of food, clothing and
shelter must be supplied out of the sum
total.
The American people are spending In
forms of luxury, pleasure and display that
are new in this generation. large amounts
that in an earlier day would have been
saved and invested. Families in cities
and the country that formerly would have
lived economically, saved money and
banked or loaned it or themselves invested
1t, now. for example, have automobiles
costing from few hundred to several
thousand dollars, and requiring from a
few hundred to several thousand dollars
annually for their upkeep. Instead of
buying mortgages they sign mortgages.
| Instead of depositing money in the bank
they are trying to borrow 1t for extrava-
| CANT purposes.
OF course, every American is not sc
foolish. There are still some who have
| not bowed their knee to this Baal of ex-
| travagance, but the genuinely thrifty man
| Is too often lonesome individual in these
| times. L. d. MAC GREGOR.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-04
An Australian Singer
Scotch Ballads Her Favorites

The more one studies the biography of
eminent musicians, whether composers or
artists, the more the universality of the
divine art is emphasized. No one coun-
try or cline seems ever to have been
far-off Melbourne, Australia, Nellie Mitch
ell (Melba) was born. Her musical career
was determined early in life and she gave
up the family name of Mitchell when She
made her debut after studying with Mar
chest in Paris. Her debut in Brussels
in "Rigoletto' was the occasion when
the name "Melba" suggestive of Mel
bourne, her native city, was first used.
In European musical centers her voice
captivated her hearers, whether culti-
waited or uncultivated In music. Her
American tours were successive triumphs,
and when the enthusiasm of the audi
ence was at its height there was a
swelling of hearts when her beautiful
tones rendered robin Adair' or Mary
of Argyle" Her favorite selections or
encores seemed to be the Scotch ballads
ballads that were especially popular
among her home people in early child
hood
Robin Adair' and MARY of Argyle
are both to be found in Heart Songs"
the famous song book now being offered
by this paper at what might be called
the price of printing. We cannot indo9se
too emphatically the wonderful oppor-
tunty to obtain song collection that
will give pleasure for years, for prac-
tically the publishers cost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-04
.PETTUS AND EV|NS
HERE LAST NIGHT
Trip Had No Significance,
However, in Connection
With the Lacy Case

f. w. Pettus of Selma, attorney for
Theo Lacy, former chief clerk of the
convict department. who, on bond of
$4,000, was released yesterday from
the Montgomery county jail where
he was held on a charge of having
stolen $4,000 of the states money, and
r. b. Evins, the legal adviser of the
governor, We're in Birmingham last
night.
When the presence of the two was
noted, it was generally believed that
something in connection with the Lacy
case was about to take place. 1t after
ward developed, however that the pres
ence of the two had no significance
whatsoever. Mr.. Pettus evinced sur
prise when informed that Mr.. Evns
was in the city
Mr. Pettus declined to discuss the
Lacy case. He declared that he came
to Birmingham for the purpose of in
terviewing the Italian consul in regard
to legal matters. He stated that he
knew nothing of the particulars of the
Lacy case, and that he was not in
| formed because he had expressed the
desire to his client that he be told
nothing.
When informed however. that the
report was current that Lacy surren-
dered on the agreement that he would
not be sentenced for a term longer than
one year. Mr.. Pettus shook his head.
II do not believe that report" he said.'
He will remain in Birmingham today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-04
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Captain Kolb's Campaign

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
Having been much impressed with the
absolute fairness of your paper, wish
to call to your attention what seems to me
an injustice to the candidacy of Capt.
Ruben f. Kolb for governor of Alabama.
Captain Kolb began an active speaking
campaign on Saturday, January II. at
Georgiana, and since that time has spoken
every day at the places az per list in
closed, and yet there has been no mem
tion in your columns of any of these meet
ings. 1t seems to me as a news item
they would have been of value to your
readers, as Captain Kolb has a great
many friends and supporters who sub
scribe to your splendid paper.
If it were not for the fact that the
writer knows the fair and clean methods
employed by your paper, he might be led
to believe that notice of these meetings
was purposely kept from the public in or
der to discredit Captain Kolb's candidacy.
We note that your paper mentions meet
ings held by the other candidates, to-
wit: Conner, Seed. Henderson and Wal
lace, and felt that your failure to give
like notice to Captain kolb was an over
sight that should be called to your atten-
tion. Captain Kolb is very much in the
race for governor, ana intends TO actively
canvass every county in the state. He
is not the candidate of any interest, but
a candidate of all the people, and is the
most pronounced exponent of the cardinal
principle of democracy, to-wit; local self
government
Captain Kolb is a poor man and has not
the means that other candidates have.
Ii
dition and representing as he does the
interest of the masses, we feel that this
large campaign fund in his case will not
be necessary to secure the nomination.
His loyalty and devotion to them can
never be questioned His splendid record
from 81 to Go upon the field of battle,
fighting in defense of our fair southland,
is a matter of history. His devotion to
them during the dark days of reconstruc-
ton stamps him as a man the people can
well trust to handle her affairs for four
years. The people of Alabama by reason
OF his candidacy are given the opportunity
to right the wrong done Captain Kolh
back in the 9Cs and make him in fact
what he was then Justly entitled to-the
governor of our state. 1t is the last op-
portunity the old soldier can ever have to
elevate to the high position of governor
his comrade.
we uOn ASK tne Suppoie VI lhe papers
but we do ask that Captain kolb be ac-
corded a fair deal through their columns
by reporting or giving notice of his meet
ings.
If elected he will give to the people Of
Ala bama a clean, conservative, safe ant
sane administration, and above all, viii
give to Alabama that which she needs
r1ost-a rest cure-so that Alabama migh
be able to enjoy fully the benefits tina
have been vouchsafed to her by the ac
ton of the democratic party in the pass
ing of the tariff and currency laws anc
| by reason of her wonderful natural re-
sources Respectfully, G. w. PRATT.
| Birmingham, January 3d. 1914
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-04
N.C.&ST.L. GRANTED
EXTENSION OF TIME
2 1-2-Cent Passenger Rate
Will Not Be Effective
Until March

Montgomery, February 3.-(SpeciaL)
Application of the Nashville Chatta-
nooga and st. Louis Railroad company
for an extention of the effective date
of an order of the railroad commission
for the establishment of 2k cents
passenger rate on the company's lines
has been granted by the commission.
Thirty days extension has been
granted, thereby making the order of
the commission effective early in
March.
The railroad company applied for an
extension in order that three federal
judges might first pass upon the ques-
tion. The company has applied to Fed
eral Judge w. L Grubb of Birming
ham to grant an appeal to be prose-
cuted before three judges, and this
hearing will probably be had before the
order becomes effective.
The Nashville, Chattanooga and st.
Louis case Is analogous to the other
rate cases decided by the commission,
and the same plan has been adopted in
all cases. With the exception of this
railroad, the "a cents passenger rate
is now In effect on every line In the
state doing interstate business.
The commission also issued an order
approving plans for a union passenger
station at Troy. submitted by the At
lantfc Coast Line and the Central of
Georgia Railroad companies. The plans
submitted by the two companies were
approved with the exception that the
commission directed that an umbrella
shed be constructed between the tracks
of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad and
the Central of Georgia railway, ex-
tending from n pff1X
street.
Work on the new union station will
commence within so days, according to
the order of the commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-04
DOES VIRTUE ALWAYS
CARRY ITS REV ARD?
BY L. s. BETTY

Late in the afternoon of the first day
of his Imprisonment, after he had been
In Jail nearly "a hours, Lacy was placed
in a cell-whether to give him freedom
from his many friends and acquaintances
who f1ocked TO see him or as a better
safeguard is not known. IT might have
been either.
Theodore Lacy still declines to talk. and
If he has any of the money he is al
legged to have stolen nobody seems to
know anything about 1t. Whether or
not he has any intention of surrender
ing any part of the money Is another
matter on which everybody processes ig-
norance. Lacy will not tell.
However, Lacy is determined to fight
for his liberty, and has retained some
of the best lawyers in the state. 1t
may be that Lacy will claim his free
dom on the ground that the law does
not cover his particular case. This is
said to be the line along which the de-
fense will be made.
In the meantime, everybody Is await
ing developments. The trial is set for
February "a. and indications are that 1t
will prove one of the most important and
interesting in the criminal history of
the state.