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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-29
Threatening to kIlI.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
SHREVEPORT, La. Dec. 20
Charged with threatening to kill E.
Kirby Smith, class director in the
Dallas Federal Reserve Bank. Char
les NJ Blair, local capitalist, was ar.
rested today. The affidavit which
resulted in Blairs arrest was filed
with the district attorney, following
threats overheard by employees of the
Commercial National bank. OF which
he is president.
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Cold Wave Comma.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
SPRINGFIELD, H., Dec. pa
cold wave bringing drop of twenty
five degrees in temperature within
twentyfour hours was predicted by
Section Director Root of the local
weather bureau in special bulletin
this morning,
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FRANCE
[By William Philip simms, United
Press staff Correspondent.

lBy William Philip StmmS, United
Press Staff Correspondence
PARIS, Dec. pa gain Of more
than two miles In Belgium, violent
bomhardment by the Germans Of the
allies positions along the main road
from Roye to AmIens, recapture OF
lost trenches after Violent charges and
counter charges and substantial gains
In the AIsace district electrified Paris
today. Despite tho snow and mud
which covers the entire field Of con-
fict, the fighting was renewed today
with feroclty at many points, accord
ing to the morning official announce.
mcnt from the war Office.
The most pronounced gain was IN
the vicinity OF Neuport. There the
allied forces, after a series OF con-
ficts In which the German lines were
first battered with shells from the
new French artillery which has Just
been placed In service, charged the
enemy and drove the Germans back
beyond 81. Georges. The battle was
participated In by strong French
force and the losses on both sIdes
were very heavy.
General Won kluck's artillery has
been Smelling the allied trenches
which extend along the line from near
Roye to AmIenes. Tho villages OF
,EeheiIe, staurin, ouesnoy and
Boucher have all been sheIIed In the
last twenty-four hours and much dam
age has been done. The shelIins 10
believed here to be preliminary to
another attempt on the part OF the
oermans In this vicinity to push their
lines westward.
Tho lines Of trenches west Of Apre-
mont from which the Germans dis
lodged the French few days ago,
arc again In the possession Of tho
allies. They were rsgained, however,
Il requiring three distinct counter at
tacks before the Germans were final
~ forced 20 withdraw. The fighting
was prolonged and oF the most san
culinary character. The French would
advance over part Of the ground, fol-
lowing the Smelling Of the German
positions, only 70 be subjected to =
dsath-dealins raklng with shrapnel
which could not be withstood. Final
~ on tho last attempt, tho French
forces dug themselves In almost with
In touch Of the German trenches.
Grenadee and explosive bombs were
thrown Into the trenches, killing and
woundinp hundreds Of Germans. Fin
ally the latter were compelled to re-
tire and the French In triumph re-
occupied their former positions at
this point.
Substantial gains are reported In
upper Alsace. The French forces
commanded by General Pau have In
vested steInbach after most violent
battle In which they took the ruins Of
a chateau northwest fthe village.
The fighting 10 proceeding here and
the French are bringing up artillery
preparatory for a concerted attempt
to take Stelnbach. Although heavy
snow has fallen In this vicinity, Il Is
not Interfering with the French Of
fenslve which 10 now general.
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fore q reply. a. carefully drawn. Is
made.
Demands After Wsr.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2o.-This gov
ernment intends after the war to
hold Great Britain to strict monetary
account for any violation Of rights
to American shipping. President VIII
son made this emphatically evident
today in discussing the dispatch OF
blanket protest to England against
transgressfon of Americas maritime
rights Financial restrictions will be
demanded.
He held that this note was not
threat to Great Britain. He insisted
that sit was merely putting the shoe
on the other foot, or in other words
only applying the rules Great Britain
has heretofore insisted on In times
Of war where her own trade was at
fected.
The note today stands unanswered
the president said. It summarizes in
comprehensive form, he explained, q
series Of complaints, although each
-
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LORD NORTHCL|FFE GIVES OUT INTERVIEW
Greatest Publisher in London Says Germany
Should be Ashamed Of Her Brutality and
Crime in Belgium.
Lord NorthcIiFe's Views on the War.
copyright 1914 by United Press.]

ord War.
copyright by United Press]
is rereated
o background.
stranged and the end by starvation and
strictly
the allies
has been friendly to them
cognzant OF the latent OF
States.
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government superb inachne with
no obrains .
orthcline Times Mall
London
ing exclusively for the United Press discussed the
explained echoed his purely unoa views
publications,
warning England
passed by the
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Americas Complaint Regarding Interference
With Commerce Will be Given Careful
Consideration by Great Britain.
Indemnity AFTER THE WAR ENDS
Details are Not Made Public But it is Known
That Protest Has Been Filed, Couched
in Conservative Terms.

consideration by Sir Edward Gray be-
fore q reply. AZ carefully drawn. Is
made.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-29
TWO JUDGES SITTING

Santa Fe, April 29.-Two district
judges were holding hearings stimuli
taneously at the county court house
today, Judge H. r. Reynolds in the
court room trying the celebrated ditch
case of Mrs. Stevenson, ct al VS.. Miss
True, ct al, and Judge E, c. Abbott
in his chambers, the three cases
against the City of Socorro involving
several thousand dollars worth Of
funding bonds issued in 1897. The
plainttff in one case was airs. M. A.
Otero and in the other two cases, H.
S. CLANCY, represented by Catron and
Catron. while the city Of socorro was
represented by j. C. Fitch. The town
had defaulted on interest coupons set
ting up the plea that the bond issue
had been above the four per cent linn
it set by the Springer law. A bond
issue Of $4,000 ten years previous for
water works had put the municipality
up to the four per cent limit. The
1897 bonds we're issued to fund in
detebdness under the Bateman act.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-29
EsRE MAKES REPORT

Santa Ff, April 20 Theodore Espe.
chief of he field division Of New
Mexico Of the general land office, is
preparing an elaborate report on the
ruins of cliff dwellings and other mon
uments on the public domain lie is
superintendent of the national monu-
ments in this state which include the
Gran Quivira, Inscription Rock and
Pueblo Bonito He will recommend
that these as well as other prehistoric
be fenced and posted in
to tha protection accorded to
them now by the federal government.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-29

and pleaded couldn't resist her. But
what gratitude did she. show me?'
Dear, it was to be expected" said
his wife. Every gil thinks Of mar
riage, college or no college"
Let her starve," answered the
farmer shortly.
But he slept little that night and
sighed next morning as he went out
to his fields.
The mother had seen the daughter
She had visited her without telling
her husband. William Ives labored
hard under his srieTance He was
dificult to turn. The mothers heart
was bleeding, but she could do moth
Ing.
If only he could see little Minnie
he night feel differently she mused,
kissing the child
Where do 90 live, grammar in
Quired Minnie, clutching at the old
woman's skirts.
In the big white house over yon-
der" answered the old woman sadly.
Then bymeby me an mamma
come to see you" said little Minnie
grayely, and the farmers wife turned
her face away.
Days passed. She had not dared
renew the discussion with her hus-
band. All the village was talking
about the situation; most blamed the
father, but few thought he was act
ing rightly This was the conserva-
tive element, the older folks who were
still unreconciled to the higher educa-
ton Of women.
It was about a week after her con
versation with her husband that Mary
Ives heard him calling angrily from
the front porch, on which he sat after
his supper, to smoke and read. She
hurried out Of the house, to see the
old man glaring at the child.
20! You speak just like a big
bear, grampa," lisped Minnie
Take her awayl' shouted Ives in
evaporation. You cant fool me by
any such trick as that, Mary"
What do you meang faltered his
wife.
you know what mean. You
hatched this scheme with that girl
that used to be mine Thought you
would soften the old mans heart by
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-29
OWE THEIR RICHES TO LUCK
Stories of Fortunate Miners Who Have
Gathered Wealth From Supposed
ly Worthless Claims.

II is strange how often the miner
makes fortune out of an abandoned
or almost abandoned claim.
There was such case at Waarn
Yarra, in Australia. in May, 1903. Two
Kingston miners bought an old claim
for song, and found it in such bad
condition that it needed timbering all
through. One wanted to give it up
but the other suggested that they
might try their luck for a day or two
So they took some props down and set
TO work.
The first man stuck his pick into
the clay roof to make a hole for a
prop, and down fell a large stone al.
most on his head. But it was not
stone It was nugget of pure gold
weighing 11S ounces.
The richest copper mine in the
world is the United Verde, in Arizona.
It was originally found by a couple
of ranchers, who sold it for $4,000 to
two men named Murray and TrimbIe.
They worked it and found little cop
per, and were absolutely at the end OF
their resources when they struck a
pocket, not of copper, but silver ore,
which netted them sum Of $4,000
|. They came to an end of the silver
and abandoned the mine as worthless
Another man came down from Mon
tana and bought the old claim for
few hundreds He struck the real
vein Of copper, and within ten years it
made him one Of the richest men in
the world. In single twelvemonth
he took out copper valued at s12s
100000.
This calls to mind the even more
famous MT. Morgan gold mine. The
first owner of the land was Donald
Gordon, who grazed his fIocks above
untold and unknown riches, and sold
the land for S. an acre to two broth.
ers named Morgan.
They set to work, and the quartz
lpanned out up to 800 ounces of gold
to the ton. In 1889 $4,000, 900 was dis
tributed to the shareholders. One
shareholder left fortune of $11,-
555,OOO.
Gradually the gold quartz petered
out and the Mt. Morgan mine was
supposed to be dead.
Then some clever mineraIogist, pok-
ing about the half-deserted works,
realized that there was more copper
than gold. In 1905 the mine was
reborn as copper producer, and
new process was discovered for ex.
tracing gold from the copper. Today
MT. Morgan ie still going strong
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-29

Was THE OLDSTORY
BY HAROLD CARTER.

William" said the farmers wife
gently, coming up to where he sat and
placing her arm round his neck, what
are you going to do about Bessie and
her little girl?"
The old man looked up angrlly
'Do?" he repeated In dull, mechan-
ical way, What do you suppose am
going to do? Nothing"
But we can't let her starye, dear. y
"She would have let me starve," an.
swered William Ives, staring into the
flre. IF there hadn't been minerals
on that piece Of land | owned and
sold, Mary, where would we be now?
In the poorhouse. ! gave my best
years to her and noW-no, let her
earn her own living"
But the board won't appoint a mar
ried woman as a teacher when she
has a child, even If her husband il
dead, William" said the anxious
mother, Wont you help herr"
mo" said her husband finally.
Everyone in Locust knew the story.
Commonplace enough 1t was yet es-
sentially one that finds its yearly
equivalent in Thousand homes. VIII
liam Ives and his wife had scraped
for years, impoverisling their scanty
resources, to put their child through
college. When she had secured an
appointment as teacher she WAS to
repay them by helping support them.
Five years had passed since Bessie's
graduation, and for few months she
had contributed to the family income.
Then-she had given up her position
to marry a poor writer.
John Turner was coasumptive when
she married him, and coon the dis
ease had him in its full grasp. He
took his wife and baby west and died
there. Bessie had come back to Lo-
Gust to secure a position as teacher.
But the new board had passed strin-
gent rules, born out O. the over-supply
Of teachers, and under these Bessie
was unequivocally delarred. She had
not gone home; she vas staying with
an old-time friend who had taken pity
on her and the little girl and given
them temporary shelter
1T isn't as If l had wanted to send
her to college" mutered the old
man. Il amt hard. meant to treat
the girl well, and wien she pleaded
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-29
ne PRAISES MUSEUM

Santa Fe. April 29.-Father J. May
er of Kankakee, Ill, who recently
completed tour OF Palestine and
Egypt and there became interested In
archaeology, spent yesterday after
noon at the museum of New Mexico
because of his interest in archaeology
and last evening spoke eloquently Of
the foresight of the state in establish
ing the museum, which he declared to
be one of the most interesting he had
visited on his travels.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-29

patching up clumsy, worn-out trick
like that, didn't your" he sneered,
Wen, tell you 1t won't work seeg"
100000" Knocked the child.
Speak like a bear again, grsmpa!"
She stood in front Of him, gazing
up into his face with childish rapture.
Evidently she mistook the old farm
er's angry tones for playful growls,
and was nightly amused thereby
Come here!" said the old man,
looking at her ferociously Who told
you to come here to me?"
Me told me-" said little Minnie.
"Gramma said 90 live in the big
white house. Me come"
The man smiled bitterly. $50 your
grandmother put you up to this trick,
did she?" he asked. "Do you know
who ann"
"'Es. 90 grampa," said the child,
nesting confidently against his knee.
William Ives was bewildered In
spite of his hardness and Of his reso-
luton a new tenderness was creeping
into his heart. The little creature
was singuIarly like his daughter, as
she had been at that age. He could
picture Bessie perfectly in his minds
eye when she was four. He used to
sit out there on the same porch, smok-
ing his pipe and listening to her child
ish prattle; but how different had
been his thoughts then! How high
his hopes had been! Bessie was his
first-born: there had been boy, but
he had died and all his pride had CEN
tered in the girl after his sons death.
What are you going to be when
you grow up?'' the old man asked the
child. He spoke in mechanical
way, hardly knowing what he said,
because he was fighting hard to keep
back the food Of tenderness that
brimmed over within him.
me go to college" lisped Minnie.
'Me 60 to mammals college!"
William Ives let his pipe fall from
his hand and his eyes became sudden
ly dim. So it was the old story all
over again, and the younger genera
tion was dreaming the same dreams
and hoping the same hopes when his
old life was broken.
'William!" said his wife appealing.
ly. Send her home, then, but don't
be angry with her, poor little mite"
"You hear that?" asked the old man
of the child. You go home now and
and tell your mother supper's wait
ing for her Do you understand, my
dear?" he continued, taking her in his
arms and kissing her in shame
faced manner.
The child toddled away happily.
But the old man sat very silently
upon the porch
IL guess I've been wrong, mother"
he said at length, huskily. We've
had our day and we mustn't expect the
younger people to think about us.
guess-I guess we can afford another
college course, whether we live to see
it through or notch, mother?p
Copyright. 1914. by w. G. Chapman)
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-29
MISSIONS ON A
PRACTICAL
BASIS
WORKERS. FOR cHRITIANITY IN
CHINA QUIT BRiBlNG CON-
vERTs TO JOIN THEM

Hankow, China, April 29.-The rice
Christian" that type Of Chinese con
vert which was easily won over to
any creed 50 long as he was support,
ed In idleness has had his day, a,c-
eording to the American Episcopal
mission in this city. The missions Of
Ell denominations today are making
their appeal to the better class.
There was time when missionaries
came to China with the idea that
there was no time to lose in muster-
ing the whole army Of Chinese under
Christian standards. To make rice
Christians was easy. For daily sup
plies OF rice, millions of beggars and
coolies could be induced to swear they
were believers in anything But that
was not converting China.
There were. however, few missionar-
les Of any denomination who worked
90 unwiselyh In the present day such
men have a hard time living in the
nission community. 1t cannot be said
that the man of sana6cal enthusiasm
has been entirely eliminated but the
average type Of missionary today is
iaremore practical
1t is the idea of the Episcopal mis-
siOnaries and their British associates
TO prepare Chinese to convert their
own people They point to the recent
formation of the independent "Holy
Catholic Church" in China, which is
conducting its own affairs. This sue
cessful establishment Of an 'independ-
ent'' church, the first in China, is the
result of the system of education CON
Quoted jointly by the Church of Eng
land at home and in Canada, and the
Episcopal Church of the United States.
In the matter of preaching, the Chi
nese themselves cannot be beaten.
Phraseology describing virtues Is the
common stock-in-trade of most politi-
clans. The politician knows by heart
the best and longest passages of the
Chinese classics, which abound in ad-
monitions to certain virtues. TO know
the classics was the first requirement,
under the Manchu rules, for eligibility
to office The man who could repeat
the greatest length Of words from
them was considered the best scholar
and shown the greatest Difference by
the nation, He was of great advant-
age 20 the government because It was
the fashion and the trick to embody
extensive declarations Of piety-often
quoted verbatim from the sages, in
the imperial edicts If words were
deeds China would be splendidly
righteous and wellgoverned country.
But even those edicts which appeared
years ago abolishing such evils as
slavery and footbinding have not yet
been put into force. and continue even
under the republic.
From the theological school OF
Boone university, which requires over
10 years of study, Chinese pastors go
out to convert their own people. The
Chinese have recently, of their own
accord, sent a missionary to remote
walled city in the south of this pro
vince, seven days journey away from
the Yiantze river.
Some Chinese are able to go abroad
TO get their knowledge Of foreign
things but most of them have to turn
10 the mission schools and colleges.
The- government sought to supply the
iemand and engaged foreign teachers
ior the state universities. In these +
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-29
BASEBALL NOTES


The White Sox have released Pitch
er walter House to the Omaha club
of the Western league.
Smoky Joe" Wood, the Red soz
star slabster, expects to take his place
on the firing line within week on
ten days.
Although a shorty in comparison
with most big league pitchers, Cruch-
er, the new Finger of the Boston
Braves. looks to have the goods.
The Dubuque team Of the Three-l
league win play its home games on
the new municipal athletic field, which
has just been completed at a cost OF
s25.0OO.
By winning nine of the first ten
games the Jacksonville. team got the
jump on the other South Atlantic
league teams in the race for the Sal
ly" pennant.
Tack Leary, playing first base for
the st. Louis Browns, comes from the
New Yorp state league, in which or
ganization he has ranked among the
800 hitters.
It is an unusual experience for the
Cleveland Maps to have such hard
struggle to get into the running
Usually the Maps have been wonders
in the early season.
Seldom does a pinch hitter get such
an ovation as was accorded Mike Don
lin at the Giants opening on the Polo
grounds. AS a rule the regulars are
the only boys who get the glad hand
The scores Of the games played by
tn Kansas City American association
team are posted at the Kansas City
Federal league park Evidently the
Feds are wise in courting the favor OF
the X. G. fans.
A double play, unassisto1; by a cen
ter fielder is something unusual, and
in accomplishing this feat in a recent
game Iris Speaker showed sample
OF the work that nets him $4,000 a
year.
An M-ray examination OF Red
Kuhns injured finger showed that the
member was badly cracked but not
broken. 1t viii be some time before
the White sox catcher will be able to
take his place behind the plate.
Dode Criss, who was the leading
pinch hitter in the American league
when a member of the St. Louis
Browns few years ago, has failed tc
come back for the Yankees and has
been released to the Houston team
Instead of hitting the dirt in steal
ing base, Bill Holden of the Yankees
is credited with introducing the up.
right slide" It's fine worp if the
player is able to avoid collisions and
tbeins tossed in a help out in TIE field
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-29
nEEENnANrs Win CASE

Santa Fe, April ga complete vic
tory for the defendants was won be-
fore Judge II. b. Reynolds today in
the famous Ildefonso ditch case, the
petition of Mrs. Matilda Cox Stevenson
VS.. Clara D. True, Mary T. Bryan,
Teodoro Vigil, Jose T. Vigil and the
Acequia de San Ildefonso being dis
missed. Douglas walker VINO had been
appointed receiver while the case was
pending was discharged as such.
Judge Reynolds held that in the light
of the decision Of the case of Oscar
Snow, et al VS.. the Mesilla Community
ditch, ct al, handed down recently by
the state supreme court, the district
court had no Jurisdiction to appoint a
receiver Renehan and Wright appear
cd Tor the plaintiff and viii appeal i'm
mediately TO the supreme court while
J H. Crist and Judge L. c. Collins ap-
peared for the defendants.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-29

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