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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-30
DELAY in Execution of l. w. w. Poet Who Was
Convicted of Double Murder on Circum-
stantial Evidence and Sentenced.
PRESIDENT WILSON COMES TO HIS AID.
Stay Will be Granted at Request Of Swedish
Minister Who Asked for Time to
Look Into the Case

married woman's name at whose homo
he claimed to have been on the night
In January, 1914, when two men were
murdered in their grocery store here,
can save him and the dreamy eyed
poet prisoner said he would rather
have the states riflemen shoot him
through the heart than he should be-
smirch the woman's name.
The doomed man has resigned him
self to his fate. He sent message
through his attorney to his I. w. w.
comrades. urging them to continue
their activities In behalf OF the work
ing class and declaring he would face
the firing squad without flinching, as
he was innocent. i
|ss Gaards strrnunded GcyerAhf. Gpry's
house last night. The yard was II
Illuminated by strings OF electric lights.
Armed details patrolled the business
district to guard against threatened
dynamiting and incendarism Sus-
pected I. w. w. sympathizers who can
not give good account Of them
selves, were locked up or ordered out
iof the town.
Chief OF Police B. r. Grant today
referred to the threatening letters as
"mutterings Of obviously ignorant and
irresponsible persons to publish which
would be the most gratifying flattery."
The state board of pardons is not
expected to hold another meeting be-
fore the execution. Yesterday the
board had Mrs. Virginia Snow Steph-
ems brought before them for her ac-
tivity in Hillstrom's behalf. She ad-
mitted she had no evidence to offer.
but was convinced that Hillstrom had
not been given a fair trial and That
the death penalty was unwarranted.
II think the records show no true
she told the board,
"and the circumstantial evidence 1eav.
ing much room for doubt and no mo-
tive, it would be gross injustice to
kill Hillstrom."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-30
Great Damage to Property and Several Lives
Lost By Short and Terrific Storm Which
Swept That Vicinity During Night.
MATER IN THE STREETS Of BILOXI
New. Can Only Be Received by Wireless as all
Wires are Down and Railway Traffic
has Been Demoralized.

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that the east bound passenger train
was delayed nearly two hours In CROSS
ing the Mississippi at that point,
owing to the heavy wind. Traf1c over
the New Orleans-Northea eastern rail
way out OF New Orleans has also been
interrupted.
Great Damage Done.
MOBILE. Ala. Sept. 3V.-Properts
damage running into thousands. with
several lives lost, were estimated re
suits today OF tropical cyclone
which swept New Orleans yes.eraay.
The -only communication Win tne '
crescent city early tooAy, Was -
wireless. Reports were that the
storm had subsided ana passed nortu.
eAatEard, dlmtnisning ~ yioie1cs. ,. Z
Lake Roncifart "a - reported - ~
sax rect over its oanks, hunoatane
miles OF territory me olkes OF tns
delta, south OF New orleans, are e,
ported to nave Deen broken N sesela, !,
places. Trains are marooneo ana .n
service stopped since Iate yesteruay
AFTERNOON between MoDlie ana ne"
Orleans. {.
eighty-six miles an hour: during tne
neisntn oI me ana.a s.o $1,000
Dulloinss 49, - -a,ortad IN. n.
scores OF persons ahrs. IA
Jureu iloM L,s u n c,r,un,.
Decause - =. ~. 70 ha,oo nth q,
cauon ,as . a,aa ~ tba ~.
liIe aho plope =. ..,arca rho
clone' were w 81 hasn ~ con,,
una.,,",.. ~Ho .na.. S Srrst,or hut ona of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-30

ruuited Press Leased Wire Service1
REAuMONT. Texas, Sept. SO.-Re-
|ports received early today stated that
[ten persons were killed and over Ivy
injured In New Orleans by the Eurri-
cane that swept that city last night.
The property loss will exceed 3l.oOo,-
loco.
Ireached between 6 and o'clock last
might when the wind attained an av-
erage velocity of over eighty mes
an hour. Occasional gusts reached
I120 miles an hour.
Railroad and wire communication
out OF the city has been cut off and
Telephone, telegraph, electric and
electric service has been discon-
tinued. The Masonic temple VS.
vrpcked and suany schools nnd
churches are badly damaged. Owing
to storm warnings by the weather
bureau, the danger to shipping was
slight, save for small craft.
Some Loss Of Life.
SHREVEPORT, La, Sept. 30.-
shreveport has been cut on from COM
munication with New Orleans and the
louisiana Mississippi coast district
pince ten o'clock last night, but reports
Deceived that train service was discon-
linued and all wires went down told
pf heavy property damage and some
Joss Of life. Many persons were caught
b danger points and later advices are
expected to add to the list OF fatalities,
Plready reported at from hve to ten.
The wind last night attained We
ocity OF ninety miles an hour spas
modically at New Orleans, highest on
record there, and at Mississippi gulf
points 1t was described as being the
|trongest ever experienced.
New Orleans was reported to be IN
arkness last night on account OF the
power plant being flooded and q num-
per Of small buildings were wrecked
Pnd others damaged, including some
the old French market structures.
Property loss In that city and vicin-
ported
High wind was reported at points
ltty miles inland in southern Louisi-
ma with which communication was
ost early last night. The Peavy-Byrne
LUMBER company's big saw mill at
Amder, La. was destroyed by FIRE
nth loss of $4,000. The wind fan
Pea the flames SO fiercely that the fire
apartment was powerless and for a
me the entire town was in danger
obstruction. Kinder is a short dis
ance from Lake Charles. La. The
s3as-pacific railway has annul1ed SER
ice 70 New Orleans because of dan
III IN crossing the Mississippi river.
ne Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific
aliway lost communication with
lcksnurg. Miss, after receiving q
'essage from there late last night
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-30
GERMANY

rIJnited Press Leased Wire Service]
BERLIN (vIa wireless to Londonl
Sept. 3O.-German troops defeated
toth wings Of the British armies ~
the great battles Of yesterday ana
last night In the region from Loos,
north to Ypres, II was officially an
nounced this afternoon.
Tho war office, however, admits
French gains in the fighting for the
IvImy heights and temporary French
successes in tho Champagne.
North Of Loos, QUE counter attacks
against the British proceeds slowly. a
severe battle 10 going on at this point
"southeast OF souehez (West OF
vImy) the French penetrated two
small sections Of our line.
ain the Champagne region, south
'of st. Marie (western champagne)
French brigade broke through our
outer trench Itne. Our reserves at
tackled tho enemy's forces, capturing
800 and destroying the remainder.
"The French attacked violently on
wide front between the sommespy
high road and the chalierarge-st.
MenehouId railway (ln the Argonne)
but were repulsed after bitter hand
to hand fighting
Northwest Of Massges, a strong
French attack broke down, bue we
were forced to Withdraw from Hill
No. 191, north Of Massiges."
IN RUSSIA.
BERLIN, (via Wireiess to London, /,
Sept. 3o-Russian troops are again IN
retreat southeast Of wilma after at
tempting to block the German advance
by counter attacks.
East of Smorson we have broken
tho Russian positions, taking 1000
prisoners, the war oftce reported this
afternoon.
Won POHL KILLED.
BERLIN, (via wireIess to Tucker.
ton. NJ. J.), SEPT. 3O.-The only con Of
Vice Admiral Won Pohl has been killed
In acklen, N sssas ansousted here to-
DAY.
Vice Admiral Won Pohi, Il was stat
ed several months ago, had bg>,
placed In command OF the German
high seas fleet.
WARMING TO THE PEOPLE.
BERLIN, (via wireIcss TO sayviiIe), /,
sept. 3o.-The Berlin newspapers to-
day warned the public not to mini
n,ize the Importance ~ the greatest
offensive movement Of the Anglo
French and admitted that the final de-
cislon IL still In doubt.
The enemy's attacks thus tar have
nearly all failed and their losses have
been Gigantic, the newspapers assert
ed. but the Anqlo-French onslaughts
have not yet ended. The press, how
.ver deeiarea that tho German nA.
tIon 10 entitled TO look forward with
confidenee and to trust to the heroic
resistance Of the German army In
spite Of the enemy's, we'll organized
and we'll prepared efforts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-30
onarated Toll BRIDGE.

rUni.rd Press Leased Wire Service.1
NILES CENTER, ILL.,, Sept. 30.-Six
men, armed and masked, early today
held up autoists and farmers, as they
passed over bridge leading to the
main road to Chicago, and collected at
the point of gun what they jokinsiy
called their toll"
The Niles Center police learned Of
the holdups when a machine loaded
with Chicago cops drove into town.
Chicagoans who had been held up, had
reported it, The robbers got away in
two automobiles before the arrival of
the police.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-30
BAL KAAS

IUnited Press Leased Wire Service.1
ATHENS, Sept. 3o.-The Greek
chamber Of deputies today passed
without debate bill declaring state
Of sieoe In Macedonia and also voted
$40, ,ooO. 600 for mobilization Of the
Greek armies. Another bill authoriz-
ino the government to extend relief to
families Of soldiers In case Of war
was passed almost unanimously.
This action, Premier Venlzelos ex-
planned, was purely a precautionary
m.asure made necessary by Bulgarla's
mobilization. He said the situation
was grave, but that he hoped tho Bal
kan atmosphere would clear within a
few days in a manner that would make
Il possible for Greco. to demobiIIze
her troops.
venIzeIos was enthusiastically cheer
ed when he appeared at tho opening
Of the session Of the chamber, called
on account Of BuIaaria's mobilization
decree. The deputies met late yester-
day. continued in session until an
early hour today. Great demonstra-
tion occurred when former Premier
since the beginning Of the
war chief advocate Of Greek neutral
tty, supported the venizelos program
In brief speech.
Despite his expressions Of hopeful.
ness, Premier venizeIos made II plain
that Greece will not walt for months
while Bulgaria keeps the Balkans In
suspense.
"MobiIization cannot continue indefi.
njtcIy," he told the chamber, "espe
ciaIIy as Bulgaria no longer accepts
N. aituatjon established between her
and her ncighbors. The Greek people
are prepared to defend the Integrity OF
their territory and to Withstand the
efforts Of any other nation 70 make
itself predominant In the Balkans"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-30
nenNer Has New Station.

DENVER, Sept. 3o--Denver's great
new Union station will be opened TO
the public tomorrow. The new station
is strictly up to the minute, ana Is
one of the finest In the west.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-30
PREPARiNc FOR WAR.

inu hurried prepaartions for war, ac-
cordinu to the Tribuna. which also re-
ported today that Bulgaria Is making
equally frantic efforts "to back out OF
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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-03
Late WINTER OR EARLY SPRING
GENERALLY TINT TIME no
PRUNE PEACH TREES.

-
Washington, Feb. 3--ssW hen is the
proper time to prune peach trees?''
This is a. question frequently asked
of Nthe United States Department Of
Agriculture's specialists In gener-
al. the answer is: During the DOR
mant period, preferably late winter
or early spring, just before growth
starts. This is true except in re-
gions where bleeding from wounds is
likely to occur, when 1t should prob
ably be done in early winter The
subject OF pruning peach trees is
more fully explained in a new Farm
ers, Bulletin ono. 6321 on Growing
Peaches, which deals also with re-
newaI of tops, thinning ,interplanted
crops, and other special practices.
Sometimes the owner of peach or
chard will find it necessary to prune
his trees throughout the winter when
ever the weather is suitable for man
to work in the orchard. particularly
if the operations are very extensive.
But If the fruit buds are endangered
during the winter by adverse tenn
peratures, it may be advisable to de-
lay pruning as much as economic
conditions permit until settled spring
weather arrives This is especially
advisable If heavy heading in of the
previous seasons growth is involved,
since the proportion OF live buds may
determine the extent to which the
A limited amount of summer prun-
/ ing can usually be done to advantage.
The trees should be observed con
stantly throughout the season OF ac-
tive growth Whenever q. branch is
seen which is so placed that 1T OBJ
| viously Will need to be removed at
| the annual pruning for the shaping
up of the tree. it is well to take 1t
off at once. In this way the annual
pruning can be reduced to a. min
irnum and the removal of large limbs
will rarely be necessary.
Then, too, it frequently happens
tree will grow considerably faster
than any of the others, thus making
the tree unsyrnmetrical If its growth
is not checked. "A slight heading in
as soon as such a tendency is appar-
ent will usually keep the top well
balanced.
There is a wide difference OF opin-
ion regarding the practice of pruning
| trees, but the most successful fruit
growers usually prune their trees
The principal objects may be summed
up briefly as follows:
| 4. To modify the vigor of the tree
within bounds.
8. To make the tree more stocky.
;. To open the tree top to admit all
and sunshine.
5. To reduce the struggle for exis.
tence in the tree top.
6. To remove dead or interfering
branches.
z. To aid in stimulating the deve1.
oprnent of fruit buds.
8. To thin the fruit.
8. To make thorough spraying pos
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-03
Congress Will Give
Service Medals To
Panama Employees


Panama, Feb. Service medals
are to be awarded Panama Canal en1-
pIoyes in the course of the next few
weeks. Orders have just been re-
ceived from the War Once that the
list of those who are entitled to med
ais and service bars must be in
washington not later than February
sth.
It is estimated that this year 90
employees will be entitled to medals
while more than 1000 service bars
will be given to those who have re-
ceived medals already. Up to De-
cember. 1913, more than 1000 ser
vice medals had been given canal
employees.
The medal popularity known as
the Panama Canal Service Medal, but
is also called the Roosevelt Canal
Medal as it was at President Roose-
ve1t's suggestion, made in 1908, while
on a visit to the Isthmus, that the
idea of a medal was adopted The
medal is given at the end of two
years service after which a service
bar is attached for every two addi-
tionaI years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-03
German Marksmen
Score Heavily on
Western Frontier

Dunkirk France, Feb. S-TH1e ac-
tivities of the highly efficient German
sharpshooters have been responsible
for a large proportion Of the casual
ties in the French and British armies
during the past two months Lieu
tenant H q. Vouzier OF the French
army. writes OF these sharpshoot-
ers:
During the past three weeks I
have lost more men by the sniper
than did in three stiff engagements.
Our position is not unlike a golf links,
half a mile from the club house we
are bunkered and nicely under cover,
but hmm ediateIy one of us shows ga
head a bullet whizzes past In one
day ten were hit and for the life of
us we could not locate the place
where their Shippers were concealed.
At last we found it; four hundred
yards in front OF US in the open were
several prominent tufts of grass; one
of my men fired into one OF these
rnortaIly wounded. A hundred yards
to the right was another tuft which
we demolished with fusiIade of
shots. When it was dark we found
there two dead Germans, who were
warmly clad and wrapped in rugs.
1--WE decided to initiate the tactics
of the Germans. Two OF our men
volunteered to become water rats
Just as the Germans had Become field
mice. Under cover Of darkness they
worfned themselves into the bank al
the water edge of a stagnant pond
and the next day they picked of
many Germans before they were dis
covered
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-03
ALCORN DOES NOT
OPPOSE BENNETT

Hartford, Feb. S-There is an i'm
preston in legislative circles that the
bill introduced last week by Senator
Thomas G. A1corn of the Seventh dis
tricts for the creation of a hfghWay
commission OF three indicated that
the senator was hostile to the con-
firmation of Governor Holcomb's
nomination of Charles j. Bennett for
another term in the office of high
way commissioner Senator Alcorn
made a statement today which show
ed that the impression was without
foundation
Senator Alcorn said that he had
similar bill prepared two years ago
and w ot11d have introduced 1t at the
session of 1913 when he was a mem
Der of the house as one OF the rep
resentatives of the town of Enfield
but for the fact that he did not wish
to give Governor Baldwin. demo-
erat, opportunity of appointing a
democratic highway commission.
MIR. Bennett had not been ap-
pointed highway commissioners two
years ago when I had the bill pre-
pared, nor had his name been mem
toned for the position, SO I could
not have been hostile to him., said
Senator Alcorn.
Senator AIcorn said he believed a
three headed commission would pro
| duce better results than b single
headed one. One Of the commits
sioners could attend to the adminis-
tration, and his two colleagues could
be employed in the Inspection Of road
work Senator Alcorn said the pres
cent system Of inspection of road
building was not giving satisfaction,
and he thought that the trouble was
caused by the employment of inex-
5perienced men, and that it would be
overcome if the inspection were in
i the hands of practical road builders
of ripe experience and these, said
9 the senior, could only be secured by
paying good salaries.
Would you have the three conn
rnissioners on an equality as regards
j the exercise of authority %
i Bennett for Chairman
! lone of them could be the chair
! man and Mr.. Bennett because of his
experience could be appointed to the
| craftsmanship, and on him would fall
| the chief responsibflity for the sue
cess of the departments work" said
the senator.
] wo11d there be saving of ex-
/ pense ?t'
Most decidedly. There would be
thousands Of dollars saved in doing
] away with the corps of inspectors
i and other employees of the depart-
/ raent,'s said Senator Alcorn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-03
STOMACH UPSET2
Get At the Teal Cause Take
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That's what thousands of stomach
sufferers are doing now. Instead of
taking tonics, or trying to patch up a
poor digestion, they are attacking the
real cause of the Archaeological
liver and disordered bowels
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets arouse
the liver in soothing. healing way,
when the liver and bowels are per-
forming their natural functions, away
goes indigestion and stomach trou-
bles.
If you have a bad taste in your
mouth, tongue coated, appetite poor,
lazy, don t-care feeling, ambition
or energy, troubled with undigested
food, you should take Olive Tablets,
the substitute for calomel.
Dr. Edwards olive Tablets are a
purely vegetable compound mixed
with Olive OIL You will know them
by their olive color. They do the
work without gripping, cramps or pain.
Take one or two at bedtime for
quick relief, SO you can eat what you
like At 10c and 25c per box. AL
druggists The Olive Tablet Com
pany. Columbus, O.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-03
LITTLE BENNY,s
NOTEBOOK
BY Lee Pape

Ne and my cuzzin Artie was feed
ing the herds in the frunt this afttr-
noon by 1eening out the Sd stoary
windows and throwing down crumbs
aWf peces of bred and aftir a vile
sed. lets pertend peepil are herds, heer
kums wun now.
WITCH wun was. beeing skinny man
with an unbreller, not having the
umbreller up avn alxkount OF it was
emit raneing, and Artie sed, its a storl
we bettir feed him big peeces,
Witch we did, eetch throwing down
a big peece OF crust wen the stork was
waWking undirneeth the windows, and
my peece hit the pavennint in frunt
Of him, and Arties peece hit the paw
mint in back of him, and the stork
quick looked up but he dident see
enybody avn ak1xount of me and Ar
tie having ducled in out Of the win
dows jest in time. And wen we look
ed out agen the stork was way up the
street and a big fat man with a brown
derby hat was kutning up.
G, heer kums a ostrich, sed Ar
tie.
Hes big for a ostrich, hes 2 os-
tritches, sed.
2 ostritches can Get enything. I'm
going to throw my hole peece down
sed Artie.
So am 1. Z ssed. wIch we both did,
my peece hittinm him avn the shout
der, and the ostritches looked Up and
saw US ducking In out of the window
land wat did he do but waWk up the
frunt steps and irng the bell, and me
and Artie ran and lissened down the
stares and pop went to the doar and
we herd him saying, thawt they had
gone out, but if you will waite a mo-
ment vile run up stares and find out,
you mite have the plezzure of help
ing me to infiickt a litte1 corporal
punishment. Delighted sed the fat
| man. And we herd pop kumink up
stares and we quick ran and hid in
the closit in Gladdises room, and pop
went to the frunt room calling, Ben
ny, Benny, me beeing in the closit and
| not anserinE and trying to make Artie
I stop gfggeling, and pop went down
stares agen and we calm out OF the.
cIosit and herd him say. No, its as I
| thawt, I'm the only wun in the house,
and hope you don't accuse me of
trying forcible feeding avn you.
Serteny not, but I Good OF swore /
saw 3 heds duck in out of the win
dows, sed the fat man, thank you fur
yure truhbil
! Not at aw1, sed pop, Ill be glad to
make a persiniI investigation envy
time YOU get struck with foodstun in
/ the nayberhood. And he shut the
| frlrt doar and went up in the setting
room and me and Artie snuck down
stares without him heertng US and
went out the back way
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-03
MOTTO

For forty-eight years we have been
conducting business at the same OLD
location, corner Of Main and john
Streets, Bridgeport, Conn, and one
Private Bank has been established
there continuously. We have received
and paid out on demand without mo-
tice millions of dollars Of money de-
posted with us and we continue to
receive money subject to depositor' g
check at sight, on which we allow
three per cent. per annunl, credited
to each account monthly. We soIiciL
the accounts of individuals, business
men, firms and corporations, and all
who want bank account where they
can deposit money, checks or drafts,
and leave it for one day, one week. one
month or one year, and draw interest
We give to the business our cnreful
personal attention as the oldes 90 Trim