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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-27

Even q turkey docsp't cut much ict
unless 1t Is well dressed.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-27

Richard Croker, the Tammany brave who wed yester
day. is far from gallant and from his remarks is evident
ly Of the opinion he is doing bad thing in getting mar
ried To newspaper man, who wanted story about it
the big chief said 'When man does good thing the
newspapers never mention it, When he does bad thing
they hound him for years will not discuss it," 1t would
seem that the Tammany sachem thinks the newspapers
are already houndng him. and that he thinks he is do
ing a bad thing.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-27

The Krupp gun factory is the most prosperous COM
pany in Germany Since the started it has declared
dividend of II per cent and increased its capital stock
to four times what it was. War may be what Sherman
said it was but it has more roseate coloring from the
viewpoint Of the Krupps and that class.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-27

Coos Bay HNrbor At the last meet.
ing of the Library ussociutiou the sub.
icct Of Kidding the city OF rats was
discussed. Rats are particularly bat
Ut the city dumping grounds Atteu.
tion was called TO the fact that. tins
being q seaport town there was always
danger OF the starting OF plague trans.
mittcd by the rats
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20
THREE THRUSTS OF KNIFE
LEFT CORPSE ON SIDEWALK

The police were informed the as
sailant had fed into nearby wine
cellar. Pistols in hand, they entered
the place and there found Lasco. This
murder climaxes three killings in the
neighborhood within short time and
lis expected to result in more slaughter.
The dead man was accused of having
stabbed to death woman partner,
Mrs. Spinelli, as the result of quarrels
over the operations Of horse steal
ing band He was discharged for
lack Of eyid but was since known
ito be marked man and was usually
accompanied on the street by an arm
ed bodyguard Lasco. the police be-
lieye, took advantage of the temporary
absence of the guards, to settle the
feud.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20
HARRY THAW IS
IN COURT AGAIN
The Fight Of Jerome to Re
turn Him to Asylum Was
Renewed at
Concord.
BAIL QUESTION IS UP
Appeal to Supreme Court is Assured
as Both Sides Will fisE
to the Bitter
BAIL QUESTION IS UP

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
CONCORD, N. H., Feb 20.-The
fight to prevent the return of Harry
X. Thaw, slayer of Stanford White,
to the Matteawan hospital for the
criminal insane was renewed here to-
day when the fugitive appeared be
fore Justice ]. A. Aldrich in the Unit
led States court for the district OF
New Hampshire. The two importan,
questions considered were:
Will the habeas corpus petition,
filed by Thaw several months ago be
granted and, will the fugitive be an
mitted to bail pending the decision OF
/ this supreme court upon certain points
/ of law which involve the constitution
ality of the New York statutes under
which Thaw was sent to Matteawan
| VIM. Travers jerome, who has lee
the New York state fight in the Thaw
case from first to last, contended tha'
! the bail question should not be consid
cred until the habeas corpus decision
had been filed by court
! Thaw accompanied by his white
haired mother, Mary Copley Thaw, sa
diractly behind the table at which hi
array Of counsel was marshallet
Among the counsel we're former Go,
ernor Stone OF Pennsylvania, Merri
jshurtleff and Geo. Morris of Lancas
liter, Pa,
i Appeal 70 the suprems court wa
considered inevitable as both side
have declared their intention of figh
ing the case to the highest tribuna
The main arguments made hav
been submitted in printed briefs. Th
fugitive's attorneys challenged tn
good faith of New York in demandin
; extradition on the conspiracy charg'
They argued that Thaw, having bee
declared insane cannot legally b
charged with crime. and that for th1
reason his escape from Matteawa
does not make him a fugitive
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20
THREE DROWNED IN
CALIFORNIA FLOODS
Rainfall is ceasing Now After Doing
Damage Estimated at
$3,oooooo.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20.-Three
persons dead and 100000 property
damage was done by foods in southern
California, according to advices re
ceived here today. The rainfall is
ceasing in many localities and it is
expected traffic will be generally re
sumed in a few days. Telegraph ant
telephone wires are still badly pros
trated, however.
The known dead:
HAROLD sEITz, rancher, neal
Covine
MISS SUE BEv1DLE, cousin o
Harold, Seitz.
EMIT osTBRMAN, 1s, near sants
Barbara.
All perished while attempting t,
ford swollen creeks.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20
COL. COCKTAILS
HAS LANDED
Says Canal Will be in Opera
ton by July | and That
There is No Danger
From Landslides.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-The Pan
anna canal will probably be opened
on July j, according to estimates OF
Its builder, Colonel George w Gosth-
ais, who arrived here today to report
to President Wilson, Secretary o.
War Garrison and congress on the
waterway.
II have every expectation that IL
will be ready on that date. Goethals
said There is no danger that slides
will close the waterway, although geo.
logists tell US that minor slides may
be expected when the water rises to
its full level In the cut. Defenses OF
the canal are practically completed
those on the Atlantic side entirely SO.
The statements that the canal is In
adequately protected can be fatty de-
MED"
Discussing the question Of tolls,
Goethals said he had always favored
charging every vessel that used the
canal
Goethals indicated that he expected
to remain in the United States sew
era1 months, visiting his son. He was
reticsnt about the alleged graf"
charges against Purchasing Agent
Burke and all other matters concern
ed with the canal.
! 1t was understood that Goethals
will ask an appropriation of $23.0o0,ooo
to complete the canal-an increase OF
| 81, 500 900 over the present fixed ap-
preparation although he expects to
save s5,G00,00o by reducing the con
struction force.
There is much machinery, another
problem which Goethals is seeking
to work out systematically ms is
against the transfer OF this machin
cry to Alaska for use in the construc
4 tion of the Alaska railway, holdi-
that new machinery can be bought q
q lower cost than the transportatiol
4 of the Panama machinery from III,
zone to the arctic. The Panama rail-
lway equipment is also wider than tn
standard gauge Of the proposed FED
I eral railway in Alaska.
Il am not in politics was al
!. Goethals would say when asked re
garding the New York police commits
sionship and his boom for governor Q
New York. He refused, howevsr, t,
deny fatty that he would run on tn
bull moose ticket.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20
TERRIBLE TIME
ON THE SEA
Water Spout Went scooting by While
Iceberg Floated Near
the Ship.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. I
NEW YORK, Feb. 2o.--The Holland
American liner New Amsterdam
reached her pier in Hoboken with a
story of violent storms, water spouts
and threatening icebergs surprising
any yet told.
Four passengers and three members
of the crew were injured when a
giant wave struck the vessel last
Thursday night. Five life boats were
whipped from their davits by the fur
ious seas and two crushed as though
they were paper. For three days the
New Amsterdam fought her way in the
teeth of hurricane. Albert Becker, a
second cabin passenger, suffered 8
broken leg and three broken ribs when
| he was thrown down a passageway
Four women suffered minor injuries
when tossed from their berths or hurl
I ed down companionways. Three
sailors were knocked unconscious BY
! the mountainous waves which carried
away the life boats.
Captain j. Baron said the storr
was far the worst he had ever ex
perienced during his years at sea. Or
Friday water spout rearing high ii
the air and giving forth terrifyin,
1 shrieking sounds, cut It's way tw'
miles north of the vessel. Then :
/ gigantic iceberg was sighted abou
! the same distance away.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20
MURDERERS
ELECTROCUTED
Both Had Slain Their Wives
and One Left tfhree Little
Children as Orphans
Behind Him.

[United Press Lssased Wire Service.I
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Feb. 20
Made orphans by the electroention of
their father, John Cherka paie
the death penalty early "a at the
state prison for the 8 .es of his
wife, three little CHI . q, Edith, l.,
Mary, 8, and Fell, = We're uncon-
soled today whey .S> pathetic friends
told thsm of a, - land where they
would be sens ssegin life anew. Rev.
John Bleckmann was making arrange
ments to send the children to rela-
tives in Austria.
john Chirka, 40, and Harry Rasico
! 50, were both electrocuted sarly to-
| day for wife murder. Chirka was con
! victed of shooting his wife to death
/ in the presence OF his children al
1 their home in Indiana Harbor, in
1912. Rasico was convicted of mur
| dsring his wife and infant son IL
| September, 1913, in Vincennes, Ind
Both crimes followed domestic
wrangles.
Rasico was placed in the chair a.
1907 a. M, and Cherka at 1890
Both we're dead in eight minutes.
i Before Cherka was executed, hi
three chilGren were brought from
their Lake county home and hat
their last visit with their father
Gherka embraced them and talked t.
them tsnderly.
Both men bore up bTavely, accord
ing to Rev. Bleckmann, their spiritua
advisor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20
WATER POWER
RESTRICTIONS
Secretary Of War Reverses
Himself and Has New Plan
Of Government
Permits.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20--That the
conservation school of which Giffore
Pinchot Is the chief exponent is right
In many of its contentious was the
position taken today by the Wilson
administration Secretary OF War
Garrison reversed himself on the Roam
oke river dam prof. set. Originally he
approved bill which turned valn-
able water power rights on the river
over to a private corporation. Today
he let 1t be known that he has writ
ten letter to congress disapproving
the scheme.
The secretary Of war with the ap-
proval of President Wilson, will ask
that the secretary be authorized to
issue permits for the construction on
water power projects, but that they
be issued only to concerns that are
incorporated as public utilities under
state laws and so restricted that then
control by nonopolistic corporations
would be impossible. And to protec'
| the rights of the states, one of ths
most delicate of the questions involv
ed, the revenues acruing, are to go u
! the states and not to the federal gov
ernment. This latter suggestion II
expected to heal the breach betwee1
! the two big factions interested In con
servation: that believing in absolut'
federal domination and that whics
would have the states supreme.
4 Under the suggested plan, the sec
retary of war, who under the law ha
\ jurisdiction over all navigable waters
i would be the court of last resort Il
! the granting of permission for TIL
utilization Of water power on nav
gable waters, but the states would b
able to realize the needed monies n
ceived for rentals.
;. Meanwhile Secretary of Interio
/ Lane is working out o plan to utili7
/. water power and the like sites on ptd
lie domain.
5 tissu:srally Speaking his plan is
). grant term leases for good none
: consideration and then to provide I;
the expiration OF the leases for til
) reversion to the government of all 1
, the plants SO constructed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20
DARING TRAIN ROBBERS
ESCAPE WITH $40, 900 LOOT

The passenger train. bound from
New York to New Orleans, was held
I'D about twelve miles north of Birm-
ingham. Some members OF the train
crew saw there were three men but
others declare there were more than
half a dozen. Three men boarded the
anpina at Attala, covered the engi-
neer and fireman and at lrondale un-
coupled the mail ana express cars
from the rest of the tram.
The detached section OF the tram
was then run mile south ana the
mail cars were entered. The chiel
mail clerk, Harry Merville, was STAB
bed when he resisted the bandits
Four sacks Of mail were secured pu'
in their haste the robbers left behind
one containing $4,000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and vicinity: Mostly
cloudy tonight and Saturday with
probably snow flurries. Not much
change in temperature. Moderate
winds.
For Illinois: Mostly cloudy tonight
and Saturday Not much change In
temperature. Moderat5 winds.
For Iowa and Missouri: Mostly
cloudy tonight and Saturday with
probably snow fiurries. Not much
change in temperature. Moderate
winds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20
East Side Vendetta Ended In
Murder in Sight Of MANY
Passersby.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
NEW YORK. Feb. 2o.-Murder in
the street while hundreds of Mortified
rassersby looked on, was the latest
fruit here today of the yendettas OF
east side gunner. Today's crime
came when a man said to be Angelo
Lasco. ran up 10 Luigi Lazazzari ir
East 1G8th street. thrust knife three
times into his body and fled while his
| victim fell dead to the sidewalk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20
Got Away With Four Sacks Of
Registered Mail From
Queen and Crescent.

United Press Leased Wire Seryice.l
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Feb. 20
ourpassing in boldness and daring any
tram robbery ever attempted in this
eection, gang Of bandits who escaped
~iln four sacks of registered mail,
SAD to contain $4,000 from Queen
ana Crescent passenger train No. Z,
are being searched for today by doz.
en- posses. A special train bearing of
ncers and bloodhounds was rushed to
the scene Of the robbery.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20
NEWSPAPERS IN
GIGANTIC SEARCH
Determined Effort Made to
See if Publicity Can Re-
cover the Lost
Girl.
CIRCULATED WIDELY
Twenty Million People Have Had
Their Attention Called to the Pic
ture Of Catherine
WinterA

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service II
CHICAGO, Feb. 2N.-The newspa-
per hunt for Catherine Winters, the
child lost or stolen from New Castle.
Ind, had assumed great proportions
today Probably fifty additional
newspapers have entered the hunt on
their own hook since the seventy
Scripps and associated newspapers
opened the campaign last Monday.
At the Office in this city OF the
Newspaper Enterprise Association
which initiated the movement on be-
half of the Scrfpps newspapers, 1t was t
stated today that the mystery OF ten
year old Catherine Winters had been
called to the notice Of probably 20,-S
100000 people in the Unoted States
and Canada, during the past four days.
Reports OF supposed clues are coming
in from every section of the country.
During the four days, more than q
score of gypsy camps have been
searched. The newspapers which be-
gan the campaign Of publicity have
printed the child's picture, announce
ments OF reward, or some feature OF
the interesting hunt on their first
pages for four consecutive days, SO
that total OF 10O00,o00 copies OF
4 newspapers have been issued calling
attention to the case in striking form.
Moreover these same newspapers
q have issued more. than 100, 900 pest,
i ers, reciting the main facts In the
mystery OF Catherine Winters, asking
people for information and Offering
I rewards in sums of from $500 to $1,000
for the recovery Of the child. These
posters are reaching into even the
most sparsely settled parts Of the
United States. A feature Of the hunt
is that moving picture managers have
commenced to throw the little girls
photograph on the screen in various
parts of the country, notably Ohio and
Indiana.
In some cities the news editors So
cured interest of the school manage
ment. In Toledo, Ohio, for example,
the News-Bee, containing a large
picture of Catherine was exhibited I'd
all the school children by their
teachers. The Oklahoma News sue
ceeded In gaining the cooperation OF
!, 1.-THE state of Oklahoma, farmers unions
and country postmasters.
t The Cleveland Press appealed to
e King Michele, chief of al the Ameri,
; can gypsies and his wife. Queen Jess
h to send scouts to all gypsy camps IN
g search of the child. Many OF the other
g newspapers engaged in the hunt
a adopted original methods in their 10
q cal district. The plan OF the largest
n department store in Sacramento
'. Calf, to wrap poster issued by the
IS Sacramento Star, around every par
J. Gel, was repeated in many cities
e Police officers, sheriffs and the con
y stabulary of the country districts are
d everywhere taking immense Interest
in the hunt and while no trace OF the
n girl has yet been found, 1T is believed
< that If still alive, 1t will be impos
N sible for her captors to hold her many
N days longer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
CHICAGO, Feb. 20 George Parade
today had a warm spot In his heart
for Judge j. 8. Robinson. Parade
was arratgned for smashing window
of a street car, the third consecutive
one that had failed to take him
aboard.
"The same thing has happened to
me- said tn, Judge, feelingly I've
been strongly tempted to Go the same
thing"
"He has agreed to pay thirty cents
for the window" ventured the street
cars attorney Good" said tn:
judge. "Im delighted to discharge
YOU"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20
Holds Laws Do Not Conflict.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 20
Judge Pugh of the dictrict of Colum-
bia police court held that the Kenyon
red light law" and the criminal sta
tutes as to disorderly houses did not
conflict. He madl the ruling in the
case of one Annie Duncan, coloreG
charged with keeping disorderly
house. The decision points to the
upholding of the Kenyon law.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20
shortens Cub Practice Sessions.

TAMPA, Fla, Feb. 2o.-With the
thermometer registering 80 degrees
again today, Manager o'Day of the
Chicago Cubs decidsd to shorten the
practice sessions until the men be-
came more used to strenuous exertion.
The first real practice game will oe
one week from today when the St
Louis Browns will bs taken on for a
whirl.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20
AZ 1o5 Years of Aae.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
WAUKEEGAN, H., Feb. 2O.-Mrs.
Ella Jenkinson, one OF the oldest wom-
en- in the United States, died at her
home here early today She was los
years old and had been a resident OF
Waukegan for sixty years. She is
survived by seven children, thirty-four
grandchildren and fifty great-grand
children and four greatgreat-grand
children.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20
Motor Car Left Rails.

PEORIA, H., Feb. 2o.-Richard
Reynolds, travelling salesman OF
this city, was seriously Injured and a
score Of other passengers wer9 badly
shaken up when Chicago, Peoria
and st, Louis railway motor car lef;
the rails at Bishop. H., yesterday
afternoon. Reynolds had three ribs
broken.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20
Three Bullets In Him.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 2o.-Police
continued efforts today to find the as
sassin Of Joseph Caravita, fifty-five,
shot to death moment after he had
kissed his infant daughter good night
near the home Of the child's mother,
last night. Two bullets pierced Car
.avita's head and another his heart.
I Garayita and his wife were estrang
ad 81 ~ ~ ..s..s
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20
Claims to be Goat.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Seryice1
NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. 20
Purchasing Agent John Burke, here
from Panama, on his way to Wash
ington to answer charges of graft, do
clared that he had been made the
goat in the matter
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20
Yeaas Got s1,soo.

United Press Leased Wire Service.1
HARRISBURG, H.. Feb. 20-Yeggs
early today blew the postoffice safe
at Ksnnesburg and escaped with
s1.100 in stamps and cash. They also
secured s400 from the safe OF the
rolling mill.
Blood hounds have been rushed to
the scene of the robbery.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20
whit. sox Banquet Plates s1o.

Whit. sox Banquet Plates $1o.
TUnited Press Leased Wire Servioe.1
CHICAGO. Feb. 2o.--White Sox
rooters will honor President Comis-
kew and Manager Callahan Of the South
Siders with a banquet at $40 throw
on March TO- the evening following
the arrival of the globe trotters home.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20
Killed by Ball.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Seryice.l
GULFPORT, Miss, Fsb. 2o.-Bes-
sic Lee Rice. aged years, was to-
day struck and killed by a pitched
ball while watching boys game.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-20
Frs. Buffum is Charged With
Poisoning Husband in
Order to Marry Farm
Hand.
|RsENIC CAUSES DEATH
I.fense Attempting to Prove That
Farmer Probably Died From
Over Indulgence Of
Liquor.

United Press Leased Wire Service
LITTLE VALLEY, N. Y, Feb. 20.
Earnest Frahm, alleged sweetheart Of
Mrs. Cynthia Buffum, on trfl for the
murder of her husband, Willis Buffum,
kas today subpoenaed by the prosecu-
lion. Whether he will actually tes-
kify is problematical. He Is also un-
Her Indictment charged with the crime
and may refuse on the ground that it
would incriminate him. There was
extreme interest manifest today in the
result Of wordy battle between coun-
sci over the presentation of 1000
word hypothetical question put to Dr..
Marshal L. Hillsman, Buffum's ply
sican in his last illness. Prosecutor
Cole finally succeeded In placing in
| the evidence the physician's answer
that he was convinced that Willis
Runum died Of arsenical poisoning. :"
DR.. Hillsman said that when Buffum
hogan to grow worse, he advised Mrs.
| Buffum that her husbands condition
was either due to alcoholic or arsenic
poison. Defense has lost no oppor-
| tunity to create an impression that
Buifum was drinking man.
Did you ever discover any indica-
| ton OF liquor in your examinations Of
Willis Bufium r asked Prosecutor
Cole
None vhatever,', answered Hills
man
The physician testified that he had
asked Mrs. Buffuni whether Paris
green was used in the garden, wheth.
er they had recently papered the house
or bought highly colored drugs, OF
| whether there was any rat poison in
! the house. She answered no to all
the questions EXCEPT the latter, admit
ting there was some rat poison on 6
pantry shelf.
In the statement of Dr. Herbert M
Hill, who occupied the stand for two
hours late yesterday and who declar
ed that person might live forty day
after taking fatal dose Of arsenic
the defense today claimed 1t had gain
ed point in the trial
This opinion was drawn from Dr.
lby P, S. Collins, Of Olean, counse
for Mrs. Buffum. on cross examination
Hill had testified the analysis Of But
fum's vital organs had shown arseni
IN distinctly weighable quantities
The defense sees a score in this at
mission although the prosecution wi
attempt to prove Mrs. Buffum admir-
istered the arsenic repeatedly to he
husband from July Z until his deaf
August "a.
Ellis Case Started.
CHICAGO, Feb. 20 William CHI
ney Ellis, Cincinnati harness mani
lacturer, pivotal character In Ch
cago's most sensational domestic ira
edy, went on trial today befors judo
Petit for the murder Of his vii