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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-06-25

The costs of the Monroe case In the
county will aggregate $4,000. The ex
pense to Monroe will reach $4,000
Moman Pruiett, his chief counsel, re-
ceived $4,000 and the associate at
torneys $2,500 each. Dissatisfaction
over the verdict exists among the
female portion of the population Sen
timent of the women is that Monroe
should have been given a life SEN
tence, not so much for taking human
life, but for going to a low resort.
Prosecutor Embry plainly shows his
disappointment over the verdict. Il
was not grand-standing for political
effect" said Embry. Monroe was
clearly guilty of cold-blooded murder.
The morals of the woman had nothing
to do with the matter"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-06-25
100 DIE WHEN
PLEsURE PIER DROPS
(By Associated Press.)

4 Petrograd, June 25.---One hundred
persons lost their lives when the riv-
er pier at pleasure garden at Ka-
zan, European Russia collapsed last
night.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-06-25
MURDER TRIAL
costs MONROE
HIS FORTUNE
LINDSAY MERCHANT IS SAT
ISFIED, HOWEVER, WITH
VERDICT or NOT GUILTY

Oklahoma City Okla, June 25s-
After deliberating since s O'Clock
Wednesday night, the jury in the tria
OF D. " Monroe on charge Of mur
iering Marguerite Ellis in resort last
December rs. returned verdict yes
terday evening, finding Monroe not
guilty.
1t was learned that the jury stood
nine for acquittal all day until the
final vote.
AS the verdict was announced Mon
roe for the first time broke down.
With his left hand over his eyes he
used his right to shake hands with
each juror in turn.
He was accompanied by many
friends as he came to the court house
to hear his fate.
The trial has been In progress for
the last ten days Because OF the
sensational features surrounding the
case the location OF the tragedy and
the prominence of the defendant each
session Of court taxed the capacity OF
the court room. Monroe's defense was
that he shot at another inmate Of the
but at the moment of
firing the Ellis girl grappled with
him. He maintained he was seeking
to compel the return OF large
amount Of money which had been
stolen from him.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-06-25

The usual weekly band concert will
take place tonight at the. east front
entrance to the federal building. un-
der direction of Prof. II. H Ryan. 1t
begins promptly at o'clock.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-06-25
cYfnlin Masses For Peace.

Berlin, June 25."We have the
masses with US and the masses want
peace" shouted pr. Karl Liebknccht.
the socialist leader. today during a
dsNate IN the Prussian chamber Of
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-06-25
RUSSIANS RETREAT
ON ALL FRONTS
HEAVY FIGHTING IN WEST.
EI'N FRONT; GERMAN
NOTE MILD
lBy Associated Press. }

London, June 25.--Little news com
ntstrom the var zones since yester-
d44ys Fierce battles are known to be-
rstipg, however, in the western
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-06-25
Rueaisrs Make Counter
Attacks on Germans.

Berlin, June 2b.--An official report
states that superior counter attacks
by Russians at Tartinow caused a
portion OF General Won Linsingcn's
troops to bc withdrawn towards the
Dnicstcr's southern bank. Desperate
fighting Is going on.
"rhc village Of Kopaczyszka which
was captured day before yesterday
was evacuated again yesterday" says
thesfcport. Northwest Of HaIicz,
parlt Of the army under Won Linsingcn
had 70 beswIthdrawn before the super
ior enemy counter attacks at Tarti-
now"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-06-25

RoHff6a, France, June 25.--The
eyhool Sbbsusd bsyo for the re.educa.
Mon q tAiS6Sd yoidiers is operating
With sreat slecess.
One bundled and fifty pupils are
enrolled. noAFly Al Of whom are un-
able To- work At their trades practiced
before the var. The new trades in
cude the deatsn Of patterns for lace.
courses In Electricity. architecture,
stenosraphy ind accounting
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-06-25
~ I A,rraras A, For u
All0npt,nYs 81 Poland.

PttfogrSdS June rs. The Russian
corncil ofNmihisters has decided to
appoint !. cdmmission composed Of six
nhssiGns ana IL six Poles under tho
pfeAjdepcy bf Premier Goremyky to
dkAl With the preliminaries necessary.
N carryinE Into effect the autonomy
fcr Pol4nd. proclaimed last year by
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-06-25

Berlin. June 25,~-There are good
prospects thit the Forthcoming Ger
man note to tho United States will so
q lois way toward meeting the Ameri-
can soyernmcnt's wishes regarding
Germsnys conduct OF submarine war
fare and making passenger traffic on
the high seas safe,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-06-25
Ontario sastsllon Wiped Out.

Toronto, Ont June 25.-rhe frs
western Ontario battalion was all but
annihilated IN the section near La
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tcontlnued op Pace EIght.l
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-06-25
BAND CONCERT TONIGHT.

Continued on Page Eight
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11
ASHLAND MEN
ARE INDICTED
Six officials Of steamer~Ars Charged
with Manslauohter and Criminal
careIessnsss.

frnited Press Leased Wire Servicel
CHICAGO, Aug. Six Of the
owners and officers of the Eastland,
sunk IN the Chicago river with .
loss Of nearly 1000 lives, were indict-
ed b. the states grand jury today.
they are charged with manslaughter
md criminal negligence. Judge Ker-
Bten 1t once issued capias for the in
dicted mems arrest.
Those indicted were: George T..
Arnold, st. Joseph, Mich, president
of the Chicago-St. Joseph Steamship
Co, operating the EAstland, five
counts charging manslaughter; VIM.
H. Hull, st. Joseph, vice president
and general manager. Ave counts;
Walter G. Steele. st. Joseph, Mich.
secretary and treasurer, five counts,
manslaughter; Ray w. Davis, st. Jo-
Seph, Mich, assistant secretary and
treasurer, Ave counts, manslaughter;
Harry Petersen, captain OF the East
land, Ave counts, manslaughter and
criminal carelessness and Joseph M.
Erickson South Haven, Mich. CHIEF
engineer OF the Eastland, three
counts, criminal carelessness.
Judge Kersten fixed bonds for all
bit Petersen and Erickson at $780,
700 the bail for them being 100000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11
CITY NEWS.

The Iowa weather and crop ser
vice bulletin for the week ending
August 8, has just been issued as fol-
lows: The week brought greatly I'M
proved weather conditions for farm
operations, but the average tempera-
ture was or Z degrees below the
normal. The rainfall was, fortunately,
very light and rapid progress was
made in finishing the delayed harvest
and haying. In the southern districts
harvest is completed and Is well ad-
vanced in the northern counties.
Threshing has begun and early re-
ports indicate heavy yields Of all
small grains and the quality Is gener-
ally fair to good. Corn made rapid
growth during the last four days. and
while it is still ten days to two weeks
late, sixty days Of good, warm wealth
er will mature Is percent OF the
crop. The second cutting Of clover
will be very heavy. A summary OF
reports from commercial fruit grow
ers on August LIST shows apples to be
about 95 percent OF the 1918 crop,
which indicates that about 100000
bushels will be harvested this year.
Plums increased from Sc percent July
1st to 62 percent August LIST and
grapes from 81 percent July LIST to rs
percent August LIST.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11
Daily Stock Letter.

Daily Stock Letter.
copyright, 1915, by the New YORK
Evening Post.1
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE inter
state commerce commissions decision
in the western rate case was the gov
erning influence In the stock market
today. Before the details Of the decis-
ion were announced the market rule
very strong with sharp advances IN
most of the railroad shares. Then
there was a period OF hesitation ana
on the news that the commission had
declined to give the roads as much as
they asked for, there was general sell
ing which led to important recessions.
This movement was perfectly natural
in view OF the gains in the markets OF
Monday and Tuesday.
Some issues held strong but the
market in general showed good deal
of unsettlement In the later trading,
a feature being the heavy liquidation
in some of the so-called war stocks.
The selling Of Crucible Steel, which
was weak most OF the day, caused
much concern. After the reactioa
there were frequent rallies but the
market moved erratically much OF the
time. Industrials stocks We're less
active but prices declined with the
railway issues when the selling move
ment was at its height. Selling was
renewed In the last hour when many
OF the active shares declined to the
lowest level OF the day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11
BANK TELLER
WAS THE THIEF
Leon Perrin Confesses That He Rob
bed tho institution OF
over $4,000.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
CEDAR RAPIDS, iowa, Aug. H.
Leon Perrin, teller Of the Cedar Rap
Id. National bank here, has confessed
that he stole the $20,o7o from the bank
before he locked himself in the safe
and said q robber held him up and
took the money last week.
The confession was secured by de-
tectives and bank officials who follow
ed Perrin to Chicago and back here
and then put him through third de-
GREE during the night. Perrin return
ed $4,000 Of the stolen money. The
other $10,0 goo was lost on land specuia-
Itlon In Central America. He had hid
den the money In pillow at his
mothers house, where detectives
found Il after the confession.
Perrin has been caring for an In
valid father and mother and his own
wife and child have been III. HIS
total income was about $500 year
and interest on investments took ST.
100 a year, leaving him $500 year
70 care for the two families. The
banks finances had not been checked
10 since June 26 and at that time
perrin did tho auditing and covered
10 the shortage.
PERKINS, story Of how tho robbA- hid
in the bank at night, confronted him
at 2 o'clock when he went to the bank
70 make his shipments to country
banks, forced him to give up the
money and then locked him In the
vault, was believed for time, until
II was discovered that ianItor was
In the same room at the time and
saw nothing and that no trace Of tho
robber could bs found.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11
American Books.

Burlington Hawk Eye: It has be.
come the fashion among imported lee
turers, who grow fat in our land, to
tell their audiences that we are crude
and that We are lacking in many
things, because we have no literature
Let the "crude" go. Perhaps we
ought to be thankful II we are lack.
ing in q certain sort of polish, that
is highly overrated.
But let no man stand up before an
American audience and tell us that
we have no literature. When he says
that he simply displays his Grass
ignorance. We may at times have
chased after false gods, and we may
at times have placed upon high PIN
nacle writers who were not worthy OF
serious consideration. In doing that
we have only been guilty Of the same
thing that has happened in many 9TH
er countries. But consider that we
are quite young as nation and
people. In our national existence,
which is just fairly starting upon its
second century we have made vals'
able contributions to the literature of
the world. II the wolrd does not
know that. so much the worst for the
world. We have built up an Ameri-
can literature that compares with the
best of other lands, when the fact is
not lost sight of that we have been
very busy with other things and that
after all we have had but a very
brief span OF time in which to do
this work.
Among the American books which
our critics may not know even by
name there are many that seem to
have won a lasting place. Just con-
slider two, Dana's Two Years Before
the Mast" written by very young
American. the best book Of its kind
in existence and Of the greatest value
to Americans who desire to learn
about their own country, because it
describes with fairness the life Of our
seamen and conditions on the west
coast of our country before gold was
found in California. Then take Park
mans Oregon Trail" also the work
of a mere boy, as literary men go.
Where will you find anything to equal
#. II you are looking for good read
ing" and for information about our
great northwest. before the iron horse
had crossed the great plains, and
while the buffalo and the Indian were
still the rulers of that empire.
GET the habit of reading more real
American books and less homemade
and imported slush. In this way you
will also be seeing America first and
perhaps there is no other way that
is half so good.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11

warren Carr has sold his livery
harm to Mr.. White, who has taken
possession Of the business. We are
sorry to lose Mr.. Carr. He has I'M
proved the business during ms Own WI.
ershin and has Kept a f1rst-class Nv
cry barn.
DR.. Joe Bell of Galesburg, district
superintendent of the NJ. E. church
held quarterly meeting at the Ham
ilton M. e. church yesterday.
The Heron sisters are registered
at the Hotel Granite.
A. B Harter of Cloverdale was reg
istered at the Hotel Granite yester-
day.
]. o. Wyatt of Chicago is Hamil.
ton visitor today.
Charles juicy of Peoria was looking
after the drug business in Hamilton
yesterday.
The following party had dinner
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11
Hamilton Gate City
Hamilton, ILL.,, Aug. IL.

at the Hotel Granite yesterday and
attended the chautauqua: Mrs. Mary
Ralston, Mrs. Thos. Reidy and Miss
Helen Reidy of Keokuk; Mrs. Flor
ence Mcmahon of Dallas, Texas; Mr..
and Mrs. G. NJ. Covel of Keokuk;
Mrs. M. A. Wilson of Keokuk: Mrs.
L. Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. G. 8. Carver
and, Mr.. and Mrs. J. h. Ellsworth of
keokuk.
E. Randall of Peoria was a bust
ness caller yesterday
Charles White of ST. Louis, was a
Hamilton visitor yesterday.
Rev. Mary A Stafford, pastor emeri-
tus of the First Unitarian church of
Des Moines, is visiting her cousin.
Homer Brown and family. She will
be with us week or ten days and
would be pleased to meet all her old
friends Mrs. Stafford was reared and
received her early education IN Ham
ilton, and is well known here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11
Default 10 Granted Against Several
Defendants Who Failed to APP
pear and to File Answers
In Cases.
DARDEN HEARING FIRST
Testimony or state Agents 10 Intro
duced in This case---Testify
70 Going to House.
July %.

Hearing on the applications for
temporary injunctions against the
keepers and inmates of alleged dis
orderly houses, and also against the
property owners, were started in the
district court this afternoon, before
Judge Henry Bank. Defaults were
entered in several cases, where an
swers had not been filed. The hearing
against Vernie Darden and Marie
Jones was the first one started.
J. Z. Risden was put on the stand
first. He stated that he was in the
employ Of the state attorney. On
cross examination he said he had
been detective at Cedar Rapids. He
said that he knocked on the door OF
the Darden house after IL o'clock on
the night of July %. He said he was
admitted by Mrs. Darden and thar she
called the girls. He testified that
they made certain proposals. He tes-
titled that he asked for beer, and was
told they didn't have any.
The other state agents were sworn,
and were to take the stand as the
case progressed. The defense also
expected to introduce certain evi'
dence.
Default was taken in the following
cases in which no answer was filed
Bessie Dade, Mary Carey, Benjie
Burton, Beatrice Rose, Cornelius KEEP
pei, Nancy Keppel and George KEEP
pel: Jap Roth and Minnie Choke;
Eveline Wayne, Pearl Davis and Min
ME Myers; Minnie Watkins, Loretta
Burton. Melissa Grady and Iva VIII
liams. Time In which to answer was
asked In the case Of Florence
Schmidt. Gladys Benson, Victor So
lari and Margaret Sol-ri, by their at
torneys on grounds Of illness. Under
the law II continuance Is granted.
temporary writ issues just the
same. The writ was granted in this
case, temporarily.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11
RETAILERS MAKE
TRIP TO HAMILTON
a Number Of the League Members
Attended chautauqua SEES
slons There.

A delegation Of members Of the
Aeokuk Retailers league and their
FAMILIES is planning to visit the chau-
uuqua at Hamilton tonight. A nuslber
vent over this afternoon and it is ex.
pected that more will make the trip
THIS evening. The chautauqua man
agement asked that the local mer-
chants come over for one of the ses.
slons. The retailers decided to make
It Wednesday.
The retailers did not go In body
put a good sized delegation from
heokuk made the trip.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11
CHICAGO Live stock.

TINTED Press Leased Wire Service.I
CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-THE cattle
market closed 10 to Is cents higher
than yesterdays average. Estimator
receipts for Thursday are 10000.
The cattle market closed weak ex-
cept for best, which were steady. The
top was 5000.
The sheep market closed 10 to 10
cents lower than yesterdays average.
The top for sheep was $500 and for
lambs $9.35.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11
. . . . . . . . . . 80 . . 0
: GROWS SEVENTEEN
, POUND CABBAGE 4

= Charles J. Carlson Of So7
= North Thirteenth street, has been
. exhibiting to his friends recently
= monster head OF cabbage, 4
= weighing over seventeen pounds,
= record breaker so far as 1t is I
= known, for this section of the Z
= country.
= Mr. Carlson grew the cabbage =
= in his own garden and reports I
= that he has a number weighing Z
> from Ave to ten pounds. He has Z
= been growing cabbages for Z
: years but this is the first time :
= that he has yield to approach Z
= this years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11
Iowa Farmers Deed.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.J
DEsOTO, Iowa, Aug. 11.-Joe Black
man. sixty, wealthy farmer, after eat
ing breakfast at the home of Charles
Jordan. drew revolver and shot Mrs
Jordan, thirty-five. dead. and then
fled to his own home. two miles dis
tant. when he killed himself with an
other bullet from the revolver sent
through his head.
Before he left the Jordan home HI
turned to the girls mother-in-law an
threatened her, but did not fire. Of
ficers we're summoned and started on
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11
Stock Market Notes.

:,
limited Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK, Aug. 11.-Railway Is
sues opened strong on the stock ex'
change today and many war stocks
made good GAIN, Crucible Steel be-
ing a notable exception. Kansas CITY
Southern opened at %, a new high
showed a six point
gain at 166 and U. S. Steel opened al
76.
: Selling followed the opening al
vance and realizing sales caused gen
er.I although not large declines.
trading during the first hour totalled
a third of a million shares.
The market Quoted around noon
An advance of Az points to 1854 by
Canadian Pacific and a loss of AZ
from the days high by Crucible Steel
featured the morning trading. Cruel
Bile sold at s0A at noon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11
aIoodhounds Were Sent
r,vxr This Morning TO Try to
Find thief Who Entered
Dry Goods Store.
CLOTHING IS TAKEN
~, Dollars and Some Gloves Also
MIssins-the Thief Had Al
ready Marked leeation
Of Door.

MARSHAL Bennett OF Warsaw was in
vaokuk this morning to get Bert
n.iey and two bloodhounds from the
! naiey kennels. The dry goods store
MI II. Bot and Co, southeast cor.
y mar Fifth and Main streets, at War.
a.. Al was broken into.last night. Ten
Soilars. q suit OF blue clothing, and
, u leather gloves were taken from
Tie store.
The warsaw police officer arrive
sAere early this morning and reported
Nc robbery to the local police, AMI
a led with Chief Kenney about the
sease. It was decided to put the blood.
hounds on the trail and Daley was
communicated with. The officers and
M dogs left during the morning.
Through Cellar Door.
4 suit of blue clothes was taken.
md the ticket for the coat was foun
an the floor near q pile OF coats. The
,hief or thieves gained entrance
shronxf, an outside cellar door, and at
! ihe. TOP OF the stairs cut hole throug Il
q nanel OF the door and raised 4
vrought iron Jar that rested across it.
rhe door had previously been marked
81 pen knife, on line where the
lar would rest, 30 the thief would
nave no trouble in getting In.
This afternoon 1t was reported thst
he dogs had had little success In To-
eating the thieves.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11
rho cold Came Today.

TUnfted Press Leased Wire service J
NEW YORK, Aug. 11.-After curl
osity seekers had been thrown OH
the trail by advance information That
it was already here. the British gov
ernment's shipment Of $52,000.000 in
gold arrived in New York today IN
seven steel cars and guarded by for
ty men, armed with rifles and re-.
yolvers. Secret service men swarmed
the Grand Central station when the
train drew in. The bullion. which Is
understood to be In American double
eagles, weighs seventy-five tons.
A pilot engine, testing every inch
of the track, preceded the treasure
train from Halifax, n. s. to New
work.. The gold was transferred to
the sub-treasury, from which it is un-
derstood it will be used by J. P. Nor
gan and Company to pay for war mu-
nftionS
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11
PERSONALS.

Mrs Henry Peters returned home
after three weeks visit with her
son, w. H. Peters and family of Fargo,
North Dakota.
Misses Leona and Marie Charles
Burmeister of Nauvoo who spent the
weekend here, have returned home.
Mrs. George Schmidt. and daugh-
ters Louise and Dorothy, OF Nauvoo.
who visited relatives last week, re-
turned home Monday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11
Doc Andrews Located.

WATERLOO, Iowa, Aug. 1l.-News
that DOC Andrews. released as man
ager of the Waterloo ball club had
heen located at Rock Island, was re-
ceiyed with interest here today, An
draws was released while the team
Was at Muscatine last week and he
has not been here since.
while he won the pennant iast
go the team made POOR showing
this season and officials decided %
name a new manager.