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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-10-13

The Plymouth Church Mems club
announces for It's program Tues
day evening talks by X. c. Beaton
and Edward Judd. Dinner will be
served at 8 o'clock.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-10-13

kisinert's Shields, regular
price up TO 3ec pair, all 90
~ .....-. .ZDf
Included are these num-
bers: Juno" regular Ores
cent and high point, Feather
Weight" regular and high
point. Gem regular. Black
Panne silk.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-10-13

Stylish, artistically trimmed Hats
have been in stock only few
days. Many different styles to Sc
lect from. Worth up to $500. Foi
Wednesday, $l98.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-10-13

Soc Kieinert's Gem High Point
~ ................. .35f
500 Tango Garment Shields 35e
Zoe Macey's Hooks and Eyes.
tube --...--...- &c
Sc Atlas Hooks and Eyes. 2 cards
............ ..............5 c
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-06

easily checked. From the very start,
remove the thumb or finger and lay
the little hand firmly down at the
baby's side as he drops asleep. If he
persists, then Immediately, not after
the habit is almost iron-clad, have
him sleep with his hand in mitten.
1t is never too soon to correct this
habit Better a crying baby today
than deformed daughter ten years
from now. Misunderstanding thrusts
the teeth out, and in some cases gives
the entire lower part of the face the
shape of rabbits.
Many mothers ask me about badly
shaped hands, and stubby fingers.
Even these can be improved or rem
edied by patient care right after the
baby is born. Smooth them firmly,
steadily into shape few minutes at a
time, every time the baby wakens. OF
course If the bones are mis-shapen
they cannot be changed, but the stub
by finger can be improved by pres
sure-if taken in time. But it does no
good to rub the fingers one day and
let them go three. 1t must be done
patiently, regularly and gently, every
day while the flesh, bones and nails
are soft.
The next talk will be on fresh air
and exercise for the baby.
Copyright, 1913, by the Womans
Home Companion).
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-06
EXPLAIN GRAIN
RATE CHANGES
Railroad Commission Gives Some Ex
corps From Decision to Correct
Erroneous Statements.

Press dispatches contain some err
roneous statements concerning certain
changes in grain rates from Iowa
POINTS. The following is an extract
from the opinion just received from
the Offices of the state commission:
I'm the past the same proportional
rates to points in central freight as
ISOLATION territory have obtained from
10th lower and upper Mississippi riv-
ier crossings. 1t is alleged that the
tariffs under suspension withdraw
former rates from the upper crossings
while leaving them in effect from the
lower crossings, and that this results
in applying higher rates under other
tariffs from the upper than from the
lower crossings.
only one witness in behalf Of the
carriers was Intercepted upon this
point upon the hearing He was not
apparently clear as to whether the In
crease from the upper crossings had In
TACT been made, but did state that the
rate from those crossings might prop
ierly be higher than from st. Louis for
the reason that the rate to st. Louis
from Iowa points was greater than to
the upper crossings
This proposed justification over
looks the whole situation. Grain pro-
duced in Iowa naturally moves to
Central Freight association points
through the upper crossings; that
grown in Missouri through lower
Crossings. From territory west Of the
Missouri river the rates are usually sc
adjusted that the movement NAV be
~ the crossings indifferently. In the
past equal rates have been maintain.
ed from these crossings to Central
Freight association points in order
that all gateways might be open ia
the free movement OF grain and grain
products from all territory west OF
The river. The effect of these new;
tariffs is to give the lower crossings
4 the advantage
1T appears that class rates are The
same from all the crossings IN
points east Of the Indiana-Illinois state
line, and that the same is true of most
commodities. In the reverse direction
rates generally are the same from In.
diana and Ohio to st. Louis and tho
upper crossings. It has already been
noted that for long time the same
proportional rates upon grain have
Leon maintained. When a long stand
ling relation like this is changed car
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-06

Warning against fake radiun can
Ger cures was voiced by Dr. Carl L.
Alsberg, chief chemist of the depart
ment of agriculture, in an address be-
fore the chemistry section of the
American Association for the Ad-
vance of Science in session at Atlanta.
Ca. the other day. He said that be
cause of the wonderful cures effected
By application 10 cancer Of thu radium
GAMING" RAYS. there had sprung up
host of imposters and quacks who
are foisting alleged cures upon the
public under the Misrepresentation
that they contained radium. Since
there are nov lass than two grams
of radinm in the United States. and i.
is valued at $4,000 a gram, these
claims scarcely are plausible" he
said
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-06
Nine Weeks In Jail.

LASALLE. H., Jan. cor course
IL was little inconyenient at times,
but it was not SO bad at that
So commented w. J. Parks, the La
Sale real estate dealer, after his re-
lease from confinement in the county
jail. He had been held prisoner for
lime weeks by Batiste Fernando, who
raid $3.50 week for Parks board at
the county jail because the real estate
man refused to pay s70o Judgment.
Fernando. firing of the weekly re.
mittances, opened negotiations with
Parks attorney, and an agreement
was reached whereby Parks was freed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-06

Tradition, fostered by dramas Of
rural life in which the "old farm"
always was mortgaged, is shattered by
a scientific survey of the rural cred.
its situation in Illinois, made by the
committee on agriculture Of the Iii-
nois Bankers Association and com
piled by the department Of economies
Of the University of Illinois. The
Illinois farmer is given onl7 half as
much as other persons to plaster
ing" his property. if he wants loan
he gets the accommodation cheaper
than his town neighbor Furthe-.
more, the Illinois farmer owns much
stock in banks and Yields a material
influence on these institutions. Farm
ers meet their obligations promptly
in most places in the state. About Is
PEI cent OF Illinois bankers questioned
favor separate system of rural
hanks. Most Of these are central
Illinois bankers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-06

HoMpY. MR. WINTER!


Howdy, Mister Winter! II 1t isn't
you again.
Haven't had visit from you since |
dunno when.
Thought heard ron laughin must
a been week ago
When the north wind shouted just as
it began to blow;
Thought I heard you chuckle when
the grass was turned TO brown
An the withered flowers lost their
hold an huttered down,
Hear ron at the window; hear you in
the chimney. too
Hosdy. Mister Winter; howdy, how
dy DO
HoFdy. Mister Winter. can hear
ron al the door.
Got the FIRE a-biazin' an the shadows
paint the floor:
Play among the pictures; an the rud-
d! CLEANS o. light
Stream out through the windows.
where you're Taitin' in the
night
can hear you mutter in the bushes
down the lane.
See your snow fakes pattin' on the
CLOWN window pane
Here's the place for me 10 be, an
there's the place Tor you
Howdy, Mister Winter; ho8dy, hoEdy
do,
" d Nesfit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-06

1t is reported from Knoxville. Ia.
that $4,000 sheep recently hava beel
shipped from Marion county to en-
venient slaughter houses. The mat
ter attracted the attention of the
Sioux City Journal, which says OF it:
Davis county is perhaps the heavy
sheep county of ths state. and report
says the Davis county aocks are
being rapidly sold of, with prices
from 81 TO s15e head under the
prices of one year ago. Wool prices.
the story is, have also slumpei- L
anything like a panic exists in the
sheep industry down thsre 1t is To
be hoped 1t may be proven to be
without sufficient reason. The fact
remains. however, that experience
has shown that free wool is blow
between the eyes for our sheep.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-06

An English poultryman has discov-
cred that an occasional shock is a
capital thing for chickens. For ten
minutes in every hour Of the day he
has been sending an electric current
through his poultry house, with the
result that the chickens have grown
twice as fast as other chicken and
have only eaten half as much. Also,
only six out Of 400 died, and the
whole brood was ready for market in
five weeks instead Of nearly three
months. Why shouldn't the chickens
be shocked? The egg consumer is
shocked every time he goes to mar
ket.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-06

Judge John L. Stevens Of Boone,
recent bull moose candidate for gov
ernor, says the remedy for easy
divorce" lies in adjustment OF d.
vorces by default Judge Stevens be-
lieves that Iowa courts are as careful
in divorce cases as in the ordinary
cases, and that the injustice done
comes in cases where there is no
public trial. On the whole, he is not
inclined to think that our divorce laws
need amendment unless 1t is in the
direction of requiring rigid investiga.
ton of the facts in each case, whether
contested or not, and satisfactory
proof that statutory ground for d.
vorce exists
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-06
WATER POWER INVESTIGATION.


The political senegambian in the
water power investigation is begin
ming to show himself. He was ex-
pected. The Introduction of Brother
Pinohot into the controversy is en-
tightening And the inclination OF
Brother Rainey to appear in front of
the political fashlight is also inter
esting. In fact the later develop
ments OF the controversy reveal more
politics than patriotic interest Intel
ligent investigation OF the affairs of
the Mississippi River Power Co. and
government supervision of the opera
tons OF the concern cannot be objec-
tionable, but to make political ISSUE
Of the affair is not only unfortunate
but unfair The wild and ridiculous
assertion that the dam proved an i'm
pediment to navigation has been dis
proved already from investigations
conducted by government officials,
and the government maintenance OF
locks reduced approximately $4,000
year by the elimination OF two locks
and the greater efficiency OF the one
now in use which passes a boat In
about eighteen minutes whereas
under the old canal system from
one to two hours and thirty
minutes time was required.
The actual operation and actual con-
ditions disproye two of the claims
made by Rainey. II he would take
the time he could ascertain these
facts by inquiry at the war depart
ment Offices, and well Informed
congressman is Of real value to his
constituents and his country.
So far as the Mississippi River
Power Co. is involved in the rate
probe that concern has nothing to
eyade or conceal. The investigation
will in all probability clarity the at.
mosphere for the power company and
be the means Of distributing bunch
Of correct information instead of a
lot OF transformation The man with
clear case never hesitates to go
into court.
Opposition to government inve tiga-
ton and regulation ceased long ago
and corporations recognize they are
amenable to government control.
Their interest centers in securing
/ reasonable and just conclusions.
There has been SO much magazine
and newspaper comment about the
dam that speedy Investigation from
+ responsible and intelligent sourcas
viii be the best for all concerned.
I Just how much maliciougness and
ignorance is back Of thu agitation is
not known, but judging from the
multiplicity Of erroneous statements
made there is plenty. 1t will be re-
freshtng to have an authoritative in.
vestigation SO the real facts can be
disclosed and the public and com
pany rendered real service.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-06

riers should put before the commits
sion clearly and convincingly the
reason for the change. Nothing in
the present record can be said to
Justify the increase from the upper
crossings under consideration, and we
are of the opinion, and find that this
increase has not been justified and
that the present rates are reasonable
and should be continued for the
future
Iowa was represented in this case
by the Hon. J. H. Henderson, COM
merce counsel, and Dwight N. Lewis.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-06
Qua LOO Graves.

LONDON. Jan. 6.-Dying at the age
OF ninety, Elijah ,-inley, who for sew
cnty years was parish clerk at Bulcote.
Nottinghamshire, left the following
record which was filed as a part of
ms win today: Dug LOO graves. Of
hciated at 40 weddings and 800 ban.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-06
Memorial Chimes.

TENAFLY, n. j., Jan. 6.--Because
fifteen minute china in memorial
tower to her dead husband kept her
neighbors awake, Mrs. Julia G. Lyle
was enioined by Vice Chancellor
Lewis,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-06
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
No man is down and out until he
has lost faith in himself

The United States is the richest
country in the world. It's wealth
amounts to $4,000, O00. 900. Mex.
come Great Britain with 10000. 900 900
and France with $50. 900, 900 900. In
per capita wealth France leads with
s37s5, the United States taking sec
ond place with s35.21.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-06

DR.. Hugonenco. a French scientist,
has written pamphlet to prove that
human flesh is the only proper food
for man and the very last word OF
science and hygiene and perfect d.
gestion. All of which goes TO show
that man may be French scientist
and blamed fool at the same time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-06
Gum Drops.

HUNTINGTON, l.. l., Jan. s.-Trail-
ed by gum drops which stuck to a
sleuth's feet, Harry English, IL, was
arrested and confessed to robbing a
candy store.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-06

tisims, tolled the funeral knell for
four British soverigns, and rang
chimes for $4,000 services, one bell
with each hand and third with his
foot He died in the same cottage
in which he was born.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-06
EDITORIAL AFrgRrHoueHTs

A returned American says the
people of Mexico are now fight NJ be.
cause there Is no longer any othsr
occupation open to them The state.
ment sounds plausible
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-06

John W. Rowley OF the Keosauqua
Republican is the most taIked.ab3ut
man in Iowa at the present time. II
MS candidacy accomplishcs nothing
else it has at least had the good e.
feet OF putting Keosauqua on the map.
For the first time in many years
l54 saloons in Quincy closed their
doors last Sunday The full sign.a.
canoe of this can be appreciated only
by those acquainted with the real
nature Of the Quincy thirst.
The great danger in getting some.
thing for nothing is that you may get
what YOU deserve
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-30

HOQUIAM, WASH, March 30.
While the seven men who held
up Cashier French and robbed
the Elma bank of $500 Satur-
day night are at large still, their
identity Is known. They went to
Elma :rOm the Port Blalxely COM
pany's logging camp, passed all
day In town and cashed their pay
checks there.
No doubt is expressed as to the
school building having been fired
4" make the raid easier. Cashier
French is chief of the fire depart
men. Il seems, however, that the
fire was slow In starting and the
raid on the bank was made be-
fore the fire was discovered.
The robbers spent the day in
Elma and were noticed lettering
about town by Cashier E. l..
France and others. They cashed
their pay checks in town also. In
the search for money the bandits
overlooked bag at the cashiers
window containing $500 in gold.
Details of the midnight battle
just east of Satsop were told to-
day. The four men In the posse
met party believed to have been
the bandits at Moncier crossing.
AS the gang came close l..
Huschke threw the light of an
electric flashlight on the men and
shouted, Come out of that"
81 come" was the response in
broken English, and the man
opened fire on the posse.
The two forces were not more
than forty feet apart when the
shooting began.
The bandits retreated eastward
along the track during the firing.
The posses ammunition was ex-
hausted and the deputies were
forced to send one of their mem
bers back for more. BY the time
1t arrived the gang had disappear
ed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-30

CHRONOLOGY OF MULTI-MURDER HORROR
Austin, ILL.,. died Q90O); widow collected
$500 insurance.
burned; widow collected insurance.
candy store Chicago 1t burns. She collects
insurance.
Widow Guinness, to Lapore farm. Adopts
Jennie Olson.
Guinness killed (1904); widow collects insurance.
hired disappear from Guinness farm.
Ray Lamphere employed at farm.
Jennie Olson disappears.
Andrew Gegelein arrives with $4,000 and disappears.
april 2 1909 tells attorney Lamphere in
O her. Causes his arrest and makes WILL
april 25 bodies of three children and head
be Mrs Guinness found in ruins
Lamphere arrested
Bodies Heegeln Jennie Olson identified MAY 81
O women found in farm.
Maxwell hired tells police he dug for Mrs
Guinness
Joe tesies that he locked in his room when
house burned.
Ray Lamphere murder of Mrs. Guinness Died
prison. Dec 80, 1903.
Woman e Guinness at Neville, Canada.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-30

SWIFT CURRENT, Sask., Mar.
8O.-Is Mrs. Belle Guinness, null
ti-murderess of murder farm"
LaPorte, Ind, alive?
The police of Northwest Can
ada believe that she is, and a
woman who is suspiciously like
the Indiana Borgia Is under the
surveillance of the Northwest
mounted police at farm i'm Ne
vile, nearby village. A police
officer from LaPOrte, who knew
Mrs. Guinness personally and
could make an unimpeacha bic
Identification of the woman, is on
his way to Neville, and soon the
world will know whether or not
the arch murderess is alive.
If the "suspect" proves to be
Belle Guinness, her identification
will close police hunt that has
covered the country from coast
to coast and enlisted the service
of every police department in the
United States. Since her disap-
pearance when the Guinness farm
house burned the night of April
2S, 1908, the woman, whose pas
time was murder, whose play
things were murderous knives
and axes, has been hunted as no
criminal has ever before been
hunted in the United States.
That the murderess, who
evaded detectives after half a
dozen murders and countless rob-
berries, escaped from the fire that
consumed her three little step
children, is the opinion of many
of the keenest police officers who
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-30
CHARGEYOUTH
With MURDER

LITTLE FALLS, N. Y, March
30.-After securing evidence that
seemed almost positive proof that
John Gianini, age 16, had been
responsible for the brutal MUIR
der last week of Miss Lydia
Beecher, the school teacher Of
Poland, N. Y, the authorities
have locked Gianini in Jail and
placed a murder charge against
him. The youth had been ex-
PEELED from school, and is said to
have asked companion to assist
him in doing away with the
teacher.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-30
BUILD new DOCK
ON FOX ISLAND

Having formed a subscription
fund of $1,000, residents of the
southeastern end of Fox island
will start Immediately to con-
struct a new dock, giving trans
portation facilities in a new sec
ton of the Bay Island country.
The dock will be connected with
the Fox island county road. 1t
will be within 10 minutes boat
ride from Titlow's beach, giving
the Fox island easy means OF
Transportation to Tacoma,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-30
HICKORY SWITCH CALLED
BEST CIGARETTE CURE

CHICAGO, March yf.-Miss
Lucy Page CASTOR. Joan of Arc
in the battle against cigarettes,
must first convince mothers that
her "mouth-swabbing" treating
will cure their young hopefuls be-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-30

fore Juvenile court will order all
young cigarette users to have
their mouths washed with q nj
trite of silver solution. Judge
Pinckney. to whom Miss CASTOR
appealed for a court order order
ing juvenile delinquents to be
thus baptised, said today that II
he had boy who smoked cigar
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-30
PLAN BANQUET.

A committee of members of
the Tacoma Veteran Volunteer
Firemens association will meet
Saturday night to make definite
plans for a big reunion banquet
to be held In Tacoma soon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-30
PACIFIC AVENUE
STORE DAMAGED

An explosion of gas set fire to
Dave Shaefer's clothing store
shortly before midnight Saturday
night, causing a blaze that dam
aged the store and stock to the
extent Of $25, 200.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-30
insane man
NOT Bandit

Although he acted as cook for
a gang of crooks that included
Leo Mathews and George Ball,
wanted for the Great Northern
train robbery. Harry Matthews,
an inmate of Fort Steilacoom asy-
lum, mas proven chat he had
nothing to do with the crime.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-30
NEGRO PARDONED
Then EXECUTED

LITTLE ROCK, March 80. -
Because Fred Pelton, a negro
who murdered a Little Rock ne
gress for SO cents, could not be
executed until his 115-year SEN
tence was disposed of, he was par
doned by the governor Saturday
night and Immediately electro
cuted.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-30
Mayor Plays Golf

Spending Sunday in Tacoma,
Mayor A. G. Little of Raymond,
WASH, played golf for the first
time in his life, visiting the Lake
wood course in company with
friends. Raymond is building
a municipal golf course.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-30

have worked on the case. AL
though Mrs. Gunnesses" have
turned up in almost every city In
the country, and all of them have
proved fakes, the police of La.
Porte have never given up the
hope of some day bringing Belle
Guinness to account for her
crimes.
The trail of Crime that be-
gan in Austin, H., in 1900,
when Mrs. Guinness first
husband, Max A. SOrensen,
died mystcriously, brought
no less than seven deaths to
the door of the LaPorte muir
deress. Love was the bait
she offered her victims; their
money was the reward she
hoped to gather. Through
matrimonial advertisements
I'm newspapers Mrs. Guinness,
mitidle-aged, plain, uncOuth
of manner lured men from
all parts of the country to
murder farm" Few of
these men ever left the farm
alive. The police found their
bodies buried on the Gum
ness farm.
As a result of the revelations
following the fire at the Guinness
farmhouse, Ray Lamphere, ar
ex-fsrm hand and lover of the
red-handed farm woman, was
sent to the Indiana state peniten'
tiary at Michigan City for the
murder of Mrs. Guinness. He died
there Dec. 80, 1909. At his triaI
Lamphere declared that Mrs
Guinness was alive.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-30
BANK
THUGS
KNOWN

CENTRALIA, March 3O.-Sus-
pected of being one of the bandits
who held up the Elma bank Sat
urday night, William Watson was
arrested in the railroad yards
early this morning. He drew
revolver on the officers, but Po-
liceman Enrich grappled with
him and his gun WIS discharged
i'm the air.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-30
STATUE FOR SCHOOL.

The Lincoln statue commission
decided Saturday afternoon to
place the new bronze statue OF
Lincoln at the main entrance to
the new Lincoln High school.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-30
Richie AGREES

CHICAMO, March 30.-Willie
Richie has agreed for $4,000
guarantee to fight Charlie White
for a 1O-round bout, May s, at
Milwaukee.