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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-30
A. B. G., Board is Attempting
What Appears Impossible
Task in Settling
a. Disputes
HAVE PLANS COMPLETED
Initial Proposal to Uncle Sam
Huerta and Carranza is
Being Written
Today.

[By William G. Shepherd. United
Press STAFF Correspondent
copyright, 1914, by United Press
VERA CRUZ. April ao.-Mex'co's
agreement to mediation 10 not without
reservation. Dictator huerta has
not made up his mind AZ to how far
he 10 willing to 90 towards bringing
about peace and the matter Of re-
signing has apparently not been con-
sidered by him.
This situation In the Mexican cap
itai was clearly indicated today In a
message which received from Lopez
Portiilo Y. Rojas, secretary Of foreign
affairs.
That mediation 10 acceptable TO Mex.
leo in principle only. 10 the key note
Of this message, which carries the
inference that huerta has not eonsid-
cred resisnins.
"Up 20 now mediation 10 acceptable
to Mexico in principle only" Rojas'
message stated. "As soon ~ the de-
tails of mediation to which Mexico il
willing to agree are decided upon.
will be In better position TO make
a statement. I hope mediation will
bring a solution acceptable 20 the DIG.
nitxkaf bath aexe ee.maq \ -. "a
1 3uSt wkSt sat.ssysse he disEitS =
the Mexican governments N nesetIa'
tion o. this sort. carries with " i
obvious. Huerta 10 the Msxicsr gov.
Iernment, or At least that part againsi
which operations Of the United States
have been directed.
The. dictator may take refuge In
fight when his last blur has lost lts
effect or when rebel or American
troops are pounding at the very gates
cf Mexico City. but those who have
observed him throughout the stormy
months Of his regime do not expect
him to resign. " that ts one OF the
conditions OF mediation laid dow, by
the United states. there appears to
be but slight hope Of success.
II was rumored here today that
seizure Of Vera Cruz may make the
United states responsible for pay.
sment Of $12.ooo.ooo quarterly. repre-
sentlno the inteSest on Mexican bonds,
Sixty per cent Of the customs re-
ceipts Of this port have been laid
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limited Press Leased Wire Service
.STAATsBURG, N. Y, April Be-
!. Only the simplest OF ceremonies was
planned forssthe wedding here az
noon today OF Miss Helen Dinsmore
Huntington and Vincent Astor. mead
OF the honse Of Astor. and wealthiest
.voung man in America. The Rev.
Charles H. Duncan, pastorsof 81 MAT.
pRsrets church. was chosen 10 READ
the Episcopal marriage service. ow-
inx to the recent illness Of the bride
eUonn who Is still weak from an at
kthk OF grippe. the ceremony was to
4 ana srformsd at Hopeland House, the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-30
Presidential appointments.

CTnit ii Press Leased Wire service
/, WASIiLNGTON April 30. : The
president this afternoon nominated
Colon u to be brigadier general
George Bell, Jr.
To be L. s, marshals, VIM n. wal
Ter of Montgomery miadie district
Alabama: Henry Behrendt of Ian ffl SID g.
eastern district OF Michigan
To .bar collectors of customs; ha'-
ris Reunett of Duluth, district OF
rruluth and Superior franK =, flt4. :.
simmons Of Lcnsdale, district OF
Rhode Island.
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SINCLAIR GOES
ON HUNGER STRIKE
Refused to Pay So Fine for
Obstructing Walk in
Front of the
Office.
GIVEN SIX DAYS IN JAIL
Tells the Court That the standard
OIL Company Controls it
as Well az the
President.
GIVEN SIX DAYS IN JAIL

/ United Press Leased Wire Service.]
NEW YORK. April $o.-Continuing
the protest against the Colorado
strike situation which was started
yesterday by the picketing of the off,
ces Of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Upton
Sinclair today refused to pay So
fine imposed for obstructing the side
walk in front of No. &c Broadway.
and when sentenced to six days in
Jail, declared hunger strike.
Miss Elizabeth Freeman and Miss
Dcin Altner who were arrested with
Sinclair, also chose 20 go to Jail rath
.er than pay the small. fine. Mrs.
Remington Charter and Mrs. Belle
Newman Zilberman paid the fine.
Arraigned before Magistrate Simms.
Sinclair and the four women defend
ants said they picketed the Standard
Oil building in protest agains. the
murder cf women and children in
Colorado. Two witnesses were call
ed for the prosecution and after being
sentenced, Sinclair addressed the
court. still denouncing the invisible
government and declaring that he
would continue his protest by going
70 Jail where he would lie on the floor
and refuse to eat.
They can take me out there dead
or alive he said. II undertook
this protest with broad mind" said
Sinclair. TT was a protest AGAINST
lSkGfdssffn aeeSjsla1f( distS
i'll from not having slept u ea.en for
many hours. i can't believe that !
have done wrong and I could not sub
mii to the right Of this court to impose
a fine when do not deserve It. I do
not think shat this wrong to me is
due to the court. but to the invisible
government which controls the court,
x Magistrate Simms interrupted SIN
;eiair TO say that no Sinyisibse. govern
nsent controlled the. court.
My words may not have been well
chosen, Sinclair replied. but the
invisible government was used by q
president of the United States and
would be used again tf the occasion
arose. What / want 20 say is that
the Standard Oil Go. controls this
court and all courts. To me JAZZ Is
the most horrible place on earth. fbut
i am going to jail in continuation OF
my protest agains. murder
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Rescue Parties Search in Mine
Where the Explosion
Took 172
Lives.
eL1MMER. OF HOPE
Widows and Orphans Crowd About
Mines Mouth and Await
the Terrible
Truth.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
ECCLES. w. Va, April Sores
cuers penetrated to the bottom of
mine No. 5 of the New Rivers Collier
les Co.. today and found Ave bodies.
The victims we're piled in heap
dead from suffocation Wading In
water knee deep in places, the rescu-
ers then began to explore all portions
Of the mine in an effort to flnd others
OF the 172 victims Of Tuesdays ex-
plosion.
The searchers carried canary birds
in cages as gas barometers and Piled
axes to cut their way into lumber and
debris as they proceeded.
Fune erals were to be held today for
eight victims OF the explosion In
mine No. 6. This blast followed by
five minutes the explosion which took
the toll in No 5. Sixty-seyen came
out alive from No 6. Just a glimmer
of hope that some Of the entombed are
alive was held out today by DR.. J. A.
Holmes. Washington, director of the
U. S. bureau OF mines, who is direct
ing rescue work. He was almost alone
in this belief. however. He cited that
living men were taken severa' years
ago from the Cherry. H., mine after
! eight days entombment. Widows and
orphans Of the disaster crowded
about the shaft again early today. Re
s.sffEAAg 3
io{ deputies was sxDsn fnst b. eAeei4
Thompson to hold them back when
bodies are brought to the surface
Magistrate l.. c. Shrewsbury OF
Beckley, is preparing to hold an In
quest at the earliest possible time
This will be apart from state In
vestigation conducted by Earl A.
Henry, chief OF the department OF
min IS. It was definitely established
today that Freeman Iinville OF
Charleston, agent for a life and acci'
dent insurance company was in No
IS when the explosion occurred, He
is undoubtedly among the dead.
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. q Riot sof euIlets.

United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
4 WACO, Texas, April 30-Because
his wife had filed a suit for divorce,
George Crum last night shot and
Killed his sister-in-law, Mrs. Calvin
Crum, and his s.ep-daughter. Miss
Matte Wilfot1, shot and wounded his
trc,her, Calyfn Crum. f1red at his
wife and mother but missed and then
.arBed the revolver to his head. kid
ing himself instantly
The double killing and suicide took
place at West. small settlement,
fifteen miles north of Waco. Calvin
Crum may recover.
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vo... fer Women.

limited Press Leased Wire Service,
WASHINGTON, April So,-The SEN
ate womans suffrage committee today
favorably reported the Shafroth con-
stitutional amendm ent providing that
eight percent OF voters OF any state
NAV demand referendum vote on
equal suffrage.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-30
sutfr.qe..e Excitement.

/ Unit I'd Press Leased Wire Service.l
CAMBRIDGE. Eng. April Ca
suffrag site broke Through the police
lines, here today while the automobiie
Of King George was passing through
the streets and hurled q bundle OF
suffragette literature at his mai ssty-
She missed the King but struck his
chauffeur. The woman was arrested s't
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-30
PEACE FOR ALL MEXICO
IS PLAN Of MED|AT0RS


tho next payment OF Interest due In
August. As no customs duties are
now paid owing to the blockade. noth-
Ing 10 belng collected toward the pay
ment Of interest on bonds. The pos
siblIity OF such complication 10 In
creased, Il 10 declared In some quar-
ters today, by the fact that European
bond holders must be Satisfied and
must 90 on the interest paying roll Of
occupation plan.
Ready to Write II Down.
lBy John Edwin Nevin. United Press
Staf Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April 3o.-The Mex
lean media.ors-Argenttne Brazil and
Chile-were today ready to reduce to
writing their initial proposals de-
signed to restore peace between
Mexico and the United States and
between the waring Mexican factions.
The nature OF these proposals will be
carefully guarded until submitted and
the answer returned. Neither side is
expected to agree to all OF the sug-
gestions. 1t Is the hope Of the med
iators that some will be approved and
that from counter suggestions, can
be worked on. general plan whereby
all sides will make concessions and
that finally a common ground for
agreement viii be reached.
Secretary OF State Bryan, the only
offlcial Of this government fully cog
infant with what Is going on. refused
again today to confirm or deny just
what he has told the mediators. From
high diplomatic source, close TO the
secretary, II was learned, however,
that the position Of the United States
was substantially AZ follows:
The United States desires peace for
al time in Mexico. It desires that
peacs and prosperity shall be restor-
| ed to that republic by the Mexicans
themselves. The. United States is big
enough. powerful enough and gener-
GUS enough to insist on no humii-
iiating concessions. II. can never rec
logutzeeNNerAar -, aAx Snxes1nants9A
| which els IN Important part. Hsas
lit Will aid The mediatinS powsfs -
putting Into effect plan Of govern
ment. commission or individual. that
can conduct Mexican Affairs, pending
arrangement Of an election plan.
| whereby new Mexican congress,
representative Of alfe Mexico and =
Epresident and vice prAiden: having
the confidence Of the Mexican people.
can be elected. g,s
| The WORKING out OF an efection
lplan must be marked By some c0n-
prehensiye scheme which will givesail
Mexicans an .eaual voice at the polls.
! This VIII require cooperation OF all
factional leaders. The mediators
themselves are the ones best fitted to
! negotiate with these individuals as
the past efforts of the United states
along this line have been puHihed by
Huerta taking possession OF the poll
ing places and by the constitutional
+. ]
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-30
THE WEATHER

For Keokuk and vicinity: Mostly
cloudy and continued cool tonieht aud
Friday.
For Iowa. Illinois and Missouri:
Mostly cloudy anG continued cool to,
night and Friday. s
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-30
wsman,s possession.

There 10 in every true woman'e
heart = spark of heavenly hre. which
beams and blaxee in the dark hours OF
sdversity.-wsshinGton Irving.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-30
Hss.,. Want Tamplce,

WASHINGTON. April 30.-Vietori-
GUS constitutionalist forces which last
week drove Mexican federals out Of
Monterey, are now moving to join in
the attack on Tanpico. They are tax
ing with them number Of pieces OF
artillery. lack Of which has prevent
ed any serious inroads in the federal
position at the oil port. So 7.
The news or this latest movement
of the constitntionalist army was re-
ceived at the navy department early
today in a dispatch from Admiral
Badger. He reports that the SAmeri-
can consul at Tampico, who has been
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-30

r.. ID CorrespoudentI ;h-
DENVER. Colo, Affil soTTa.t
Forbas nine dead. six wounded; a
Walsenburg ave known dead, tnree
wounded. three more may be dead.
Colorado stood ashast today. IN con-
temslation Of this bloody summary OF
the human havoc wrought within .ne
nast twenty-four hours by its own
citizens. lighting each otaersto the
death in the coal strike 7caei OF so''i'- ~
ern Colorado.
AS a result of day Of battling
Forbes coal camp OF the Rocky Noun
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-30
Daily River Bulletin.
Stage Height Change. w'th'r
River Forecast.

The river will continue to rise from
Davenport to Keokuk until Sunday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-30
LIGHTING FIFTH LANDS
IN VERA CRUZ At LAST

operations for thu first time since
the American occupation Robt. J..
Kerr, civil governor, was rapidly or
ganizing his forces for the admins
tration of the affairs of the city.
The heartiest appreciation is shown
here, especially by high officials, for
the excellent work OF Sir Lionel Car.
den, British ambassador in Mexico
City, and Admiral Cradock, in obtain
ing the release of Americans held in
the capital and other interior cities.
Another refugee train from the CAPT
tal arrived late yesterday. There
were thirty Americans and several
Germans and Englishmen aboard
All refugees here are being piled
with questions as to their knowledge
of reports that Dictator Huerta is
preparing to flee Mexico. Reports
here declare Huerta has several mil
lion dollars deposited in Belgium or
Paris banks and has made all prep
arations for flight to the western
coast where he plans to board a ves-
sci.
Villa to the Front.
by n. C. Parke. United Press Staff
Correspondent
Ell PAsO. Texas, April 30.-News
of the hurried departure of Gen.
Francisco Villa for the south, sur
prised constitutionalist officials in
Juarez today. Many conjectures are
made as to the cause of his hasty de-
parture. The surprise was added to
when 1t became known that Colonel
Eusebio Calzado, general manager Of
constitutionalist railway lines. had
suddenly left Juarez in response to a
peremptory order from Villa to reach
the scene of military activity at the
earliest possible moment, preparing
to move troops from Torreon south
ward. 1t Is believed the constitution
alist activity is due to q desire to
take advantage of the Generalization
of the Hueristas to occupy Saltillo
and then move on Tampico with a
view Of capturing II and making
q. onatitHtlaaoiat--N suaRtkY
fEf0d5 . whf6h to- bf6s65 1sSfs.
Through such port cotton could be
shipped to Europe without taking
chances on fnjunctions and seizures
on shipments made through the Unit
ed States from Ell Paso.
.f 3 A II ~ 49,
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|rmy Takes Possession This
| Afternoon and Relieves
Navy Which Was in
Charge.
! AN AMERICAN CITY
lsxican Rebels Are Moving
Toward Tampico Now to
Seize it as q
Port.
By Bernard Rucker. United Press
Staff Correspondent

by Bernard Rucker. United Press
star Correspondent
VERA CRUZ. April 30-This was
great day for the men OF the Fight
~ Fifth" They were to take leave
their transports. march into Vera
Cfus and formally relieve the naval
brces OF the control OF the city over
which the American flag now flies.
Fhe formal ceremony Of turning over
The city to Brigadier General Funston
kas to take place at 2 o'clock this
hftern0on. With colors unfurled and
bands playing. detachm ents of ma
lines, blue jackets and men OF the
NTH brigade will be drawn up in the
Dlaxa where Rear Admiral Fletcher
Ind General Funston will meet for
ihe ceremonies incident to the change
'in command. The blue Jackets will
'then be marched to the water front
where they will board their whale
boats and return to the warships in
THE harbor.
Tho quarter mastsrs department
has everything in. readiness for the
aznding Of the infagtry and artillery
Hprces Updsr comnaznd OF General
T. s
IN the cSremonies this afternoon.
kks Afine of tn. customary salutes
faRd the withdrawal OF the blue jack
lets, the work of the navy ashore will.
ne completed. II developed today that
Mexican snfpers who were driven
|yrom the city are now terrorizing
HfArmers and gardeners The farmers
have been threatened with death. 1t
II saic II they furnished the agringo"
sinvaders with food. AS result, there
has been q shortage of chickens and
other farm products during the past
couple OF days TO meet this situae
sttdn. General Funston has asked per-
mission OF the war department to ex-
tend the American lines about TWEEN
miles from Y >ras Cruz in order to
protect the farmers and insure a sup
ply OF fresh food.
The hrsf American military hospit
ia vas established here today in
charge OF Surgeon Major A. w VIII
liams. The ice plant also resumed
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Local Observations.

Anr,l Far. Ther. Wind W'th'r
% .. m.--3a.3o ~ w Cfdy
3a se.44 4s NE Ci'dy
River above low water OF 1864. IS. g.
Change in. "a hours. rise tenths.
Mean temperature 2ath, 80.
Lowest temperature, 4e.
Highest temperature, -
Lowest temperature last night %
FRED q. GOSEWISCH.
& Observer.
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IBy J. II. Fdrey. United Press Stan
80 -. N. Cnr.resloudentI -.
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Ready to Write It Down.
lBy John Edwin Nevin, United Press
SfaH COrrasnOndent

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Through such port cotton could be
shipped to Europe without taking
chances on injunctions and seizures
on shipments made through the Unit
ed States from Ell Paso.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-07
APPEALS FOR AID
FOR SAD nation
Belgian Issues Statement
Describing Terrible Con-
ditions in That Land.

New York, Oct. .7.-Dr. Charles Sar-
lea. Belgian consul in Edinburgh. war
correspondent Of the London Daily
Chronicle. and editor of "Everyman."
who witnessed and described the bonn
bardment OF Antwerp by a Zeppelin,
has issued an appeal to the people Of
Great Britain and America for aid for
his stricken country.
AFTER $50 years the memory still
survives tn the Netherlands Of the
Spanish terror said DR.. Sarolea.
'"Henceforth the memory OF the Ger
man terror the Juror Teutonicus,'
will wipe out even the crimes Of Alva
and the Spanish Ipquisition. After
sitting all the exaggerations. there re-
main countless authenticated accounts
OF cruelty. and there are only two rea-
sons explaining those deeds.
I'm the first place. the Germans
Were taken unawares by the heroic
resistance Of the little Belgian army.
They vented on the defenceless in
habttants their disappointment al the
failure Of their plans, and they tried
to succeed by terrorization where they
had failed by force Of arms.
I'm the second place, the German
soldiery. being chartered in the cha
teaus of the nobility and mansions Of
the well-to-do burghers, and being al
lowed to sack their well-stocked cell
lars. gave themselves over to the or
gies of drunkenness.
I'm the third place. the Belgian
campaign almost from the beginning
took the form Of guerilla warfare, the
most cruel and. most relentless form
Of war. Almost from the beginning
the Germans, scattered In small
bands; and removed from the pres
ence of their officers, raided a terri
tory denuded Of troops, and sacked
and burned the countryside with i'm
punity."
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-07
Great SLAUGHTER
DONE BY BAY0NE7
..
Returned Observer Saw l..
900 Germans Dead With:
in Small Radius. =

New York. Oct. 7.-Lieutenant A.
p. Brown, U. S. A.. who. visited the
battlefield of the Meaux Just after the
fighting. reached New York on the
steamer Minnetonka with a vivid de-
scription of the battlefield. So great
had been the carnage. he said, that
within a radius Of 600 yards he saw
1000 dead Germans. The .bayonet
charges of the allies. he said, were
responsible for the great slaughter as
the German soldiers were so strongly
entrenched that they could be dis:
lodged in no other way. =.
Il saw. Captain Parker OF, the Unit
ed States army while I was In France
Lieutenant Brown said. land he told
me that the German army's retreat
from its near approach to Paris had
been a perfect military movement and
that he had seen but one dead Ger
man left behind.
The German soldiers are friendly
to the French peasants. he said, and
he found no trace Of atrocities, al
though he had heard much about
them" =.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-07
IN BAD
WAY FINANCIALLY
American Ambassador Ap-
peals for Aid for Stranded
. Refugees There.

Washington, D. c., Oct. T. -Anbas-
sador Morganthau, at Constantinople,
has appealed to the state department
for additional funds for the relief of
Americans in the Ottoman empire.
The recent deposit by this government
Of si50,000 has been found made
quate. ., 80.
Ambassadors Page and Herrick, at
London and Paris respectively, were
advised of the situation in an effort
to make quickly available. funds for
Turkish distribution and steps also
were taken In that direction BY Lon
don officers.
Recent advices, from Turkey de.
scribe the financial condition as acute.
Cheques and other negotiable papers
are refused by the exchanges. the gold
supply having been found to be In
A private dispatch to the. state de-
partment today said conditions in
Jerusalem were such. that food. could
not be. obtained by a large portion OF
the population and many were facing
starvation. Officials here were unde-
cided as to what relief could be- Of
fered,
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-07
US WAR IS
CRY OF ITALIANS

Rome. Oct. THE pepulace of
Rome was driven to frenzy by the
publication of reports that Austrians
are still laying mines in the Adrlatic.
These reports declared that floating
mines are being strewn along the
coast by Austrian marines and naval
officers dressed as fishermen.
Crowds paraded the streets today
crying down with Austria" and give
US war" As q result Of threatened
attacks on the Austrian and German
legations the guard w both has
been redoubled. A serious outbreak is
expected any time. Germans and Aus
TRANS are warned to keep of the
streets.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-07
PRINCE OF WALES
FUND GIGANTIC

London, Oct. 1.-THE Prince. Of
Wales. fund, has reached $751; 900
and the prince has issued asIetter: .ex-
pressing. his thanks for the generous
contributions. >. q.
II trust" he a v in the. letter,
that the portion Of the fund which
will be applied to the relief of. civil
distress may, as. far, as possible, flow
into productive channels. such as as
sisting schemes for male and female
employment and perhaps industrial
training, for It is repugnant to me-, as
it must be to the recipients. that as
sistance should be distributed only in
the form Of doles," Sc.