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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-19

London, March ia telegram
from Amsterdam claims $4,000 Turks
have been concentrated In Smyrna
and vicinity to resist the allies.
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FRANCIS JOSEPH REFUSES
viii Not cede Trsntins to Italy a
Price Of Neutrality.

New York, March ia cablegram
from Rome says that Emperor Fran
els Joseph's refusal to cede Trentine
as a compensation for ltaly's neutral
ity has been confirmed by the vati.
an.
The pope received the Austrian am
bassador in audience. The Austrian
diplomat presented a letter from his
emperor setting forth the negotiations
and said that while he was anxious
for peace he would not procure 1t by
cession OF his territory.
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Persian Cabinet Resigns.

London. March ia telegram
from Tehsran says q crisis has been
precipitated In the government Affairs
Of Persia BY the r~ssisnation Of the
cabinet.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-19

consisted mostly of fed light lambs
and the best sale for the day was
1895.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-19
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, March ls.--Wheat-
May. $1.tS& July, sl.42a; Sept,
$1.14b. Cash close on track: No. 1
hard. SISSY No. / Northern, sl.61h
91.54A; No. > Northern, SLASH %
1.52A No. 3 Northern, SLAIN o
1.49%; NJ 3 yellow corn. 5sAW
59&c; No. 3 white oats. 5Sd5SAc C;
Gay 81 4SM2na
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-19
PEACE MEETING TO FRISCO

Session VIII Convene in September
or october.
Washington, March 1S.--It was an.
nounced from the headquarters OF the
American Peace society here that the
Fifth American Peace congress will
be held in San Francisco in Septem.
her or October.
The present world situation will
make the coming congress Of more
than usual importance.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-19
IN SUCH PAIN
WOMAN CRIED
Suffered Everything Until Re.
stored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.

Florence, So. Dakota. IL used to be
very sick every month with bearing
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-19
SIOUX CITY LIVESTOCK MARKET

Sioux City, March 19.-Receipts of
cattle at the local market dropped off
sharply. supply today being of very
small proportions as compared with
earlier in the week, some So cars or
900 head, as against 1888 a week
ago and 1852 the corresponding day a
year CO..
Strength supplanted weakness in
the market for killing cattle and for
the most part prices were boosted a
dime, cause for the reaction being
traceable to the lighter supplies and
the bullish news from outside points.
Stockers and feeders met a ready
sale at steady to strong prices as
compared with yesterday and clear
ance out of first hands was made in
good season.
Stronger turn to prices resulted in
the hog department. Mild weather in
this territory has melted the enor-
nous amount of snow, making 1t diff
ficult for farmers to get their hogs to
shipping points, and the supplies at
all centers were on the moderate or
der. Locally. trade ruled fairly ac-
tive, at an advance of a nickel. Tops
reached $6.62h, while the bulk of
the sales covered a spread of from
$6.55@6.60.
Little or no change was reported in
the sale of sheep and lambs. Supply
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-19
Pure Bred Home Grown
Seed Corn

We raised 757 bushels of corn
from 12A acres. better than so
bushels per acre. This corn was
picked early, carefully selected
and only the best ears saved for
seed. This was racked up and
thoroughly dried out before cold
weather. Why plant inferior
seed when you can get seed that
will grow and produce a good
yield. We offer this seed for
$3.50 per bushel, In the a
We also have some pedigreed
barley, Wisconsin No. SIS.
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BURLES0N HALTS ORDER

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-25
BECKER REFUSED
"A THIRD TRIAL
Former Policeman Who Has Been
Twice Sentenced to the
Electric Chair.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
ALBANY, N. Y, May 25.-The court
of appeals today uncovered Sing
Sings chair of death for Charles
Becker. His second conviction for
the murder of Herman Rosenthal, I'M
like his first, was affirmed. The judges
concurring in the decision included
Chase, Hiscock. Collin, Cuddeback and
Cardoza. Judge Hogan dissented.
Judge Seabury who was the presiding
officer during Becker's second trial,
did not vote.
The court generally disapproved RI
Becker's alleged grounds for retrial.
These included insufficient evidence
to convict, improper testimony and
judicial errors"
Charles Becker, a former police
lieutenant Of New York City, twice
was convicted Of the Rosenthal killing
and twice sentenced to die in the cleo
trio chair. The court OF appeals,
which previously laid aside the first
trials Judgment, now refuses to in
terfere with the second trial. The az
feet Of today's decision besides deny
ing Becker another opportunity to
wage legal war for his life. loosens the
STAY which has prevented his electro
cution.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-25
Daily stock Letter.

copyright 1915 by New York Even
ing Post.]
NEW YORK, May 25.-The stock
exchange showed INCREASING signs OF
unwillingness to anticipate anything,
with events of SO large importance
Immediately pending, yet with their
nature wholly matter Of conjecture.
We are obviously bound to learn
within a few days, in all PROBABILITY
the nature of the German response
to our governments demands, and
the character OF the first important
move in the war between Italy and
Austria. As to the first Of these un-
certainties, the stock exchange has
already pretty much exhausted its
capacity of "discounting' either a
favorable or unfavorable outcome.
There is naturally, therefore, a ten
dency to await the definite announce
ment.
Such changes in prices as occurred
today. on the basis of these uncertain
ties, were downward But the losses
were not large. and the somewhat
perfunctory movement was perhaps
natural enough, in view of the fact
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DENMARK.
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Good grass growing weather: a
little warmer would suit the corn.
Rev. Barnette gave the G. A. r.
memorial sermon Sunday at the
brick church. There are only a few
of the old soldiers left here now, but
a large number of people were In at
tendance at the services yesterday
and enjoyed them very much. The
decoration Of graves will be at 2:30
D. M, Saturday, May 20, and all are
invited to attend this service. It looks
now that flowers will be scarce and
let us remember that we only give
one day out of the year to our old
soldiers and let them have the flow
ers that day. We can give flowers to
our own any day.
Mr.. and Mrs. F1orher and daughter
Dorothie were calling on friends and
shopping in FIT. Madison last Saturday.
Mr. Chas. Wharton is having .
wagon shed made.
Those who will graduate from the
eighth grade are: LaRoe Barnett,
Ethel Hamm, Hazel Johnson, Albert
Johnson, Milton Bellamy, Albert
Barnes, Alfred Denning-
Those who graduate from the high
school are: Laura Lingenfelter, Cor
&,
Lois Carpenter, Myrtle Trowbridge,
Fred Nanny, Kent Crabtree, Kirk
Dewey, F1orin Gross. Bacca1aureate
sermon June 3, 1890 a. M, Rev. Bar
nett. Monday evening and Tuesday
evening and all day Wednesday. June
9. will be occupied by the graduation
exercises.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Murphy and
children visited last Friday and Sat
urday at Hillsboro, Ia.
Chas. Jams who Is helping his broth
er farm at Green Bay, came home dur
ing the rainy spell last week.
The rains have been much enjoyed
and have done great good.
The high school held their annual
picnic at Bridgeport, last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Phillips are
home from a weeks visit with re'a-
tives and friends in Illinois.
Mrs. J. Shaffer and daughter, Mrs.
Mott, and little Dorothie Mott II
Keokuk. spent the first Of the week
with their daughter and sister, Mrs.
h. M. Van Tuyle and family. here,
Tuesday. May 10, being Mrs. Van
Tuyle's birthday, a number Of neigh.
bors were in to help celebrate that
event and to meet her mother ana
sister. A very pleasant time was
had and the refreshments were dainty
and delicious.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Hem are home
from Rochester, Mimi, where they
went to consult the Drs. Mayo in re-
gard to Mrs. Henn's foot. She sprain
ed her foot last January. and has moi
been able to get the use of it since
Tine doctors can have the foot treat
ed here, so they came home and will
give the treatment here
We are glad to report Mrs. Sloat as
4 improving.
| Clinton Barnes is visiting at West
Point, Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-25
NINE MEN KILLED
IN MINE EXPLOSION
Eight Were Blown to Pieces and one
Member Of Rescue Party
Was Slrffocated.

tIa
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
JOIINSTOWN. Pa, May 25.-Nlne
men are dead as the result OF ous'
explosion in the Smokeless Coal conl
|pany's No. / mine here last evenlhs
Conner Phillips, director of first alu
work, for the Cambria Steel COMPANY,
lost his life while leading a resculns
party into the mine. Several others
were overcome by the suffocatlng gas
and smoke but were rescued. ihe
dead:
Conner PHILLIPS, aged 20, mar
ried.
EDWARD EVANS, married.
JAMES EVANS, son OF EdWaru
Evans, married.
DAVID EVANS, son of Edward
Evans, married.
JACOB WOLF, married.
C. F. MAYES, married.
JOHN HOFFMAN. unmarried.
CHAS. STEPHEN, married.
VALENTINE CHESCHAL. married
The explosion was OF terrific force
as several of the men nearest 1t we1e
torn to FRAGMENTS. Fire followed the
explosion, but 1t soon burned itseil
out.
About 100 men are usually employ.
ed In the mine, but owing to SCARCITY
of cars, only nine men were orue,eo
to work yesterday. One OF these AN
thony Stermeck, made his escaps
through a communicating heading IN
to No. mine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-25

range Of ambitions. But the art OF
seizing the favorable chance for ma
tional ACKNOWLEDGMENT has too long
been considered the supreme mark OF
craftsmanship for Italy to shrink at
such censure. There are precedents
for her proceedings. Italy has only
to take leaf from other nations and
to ground her course on Italian views
of national necessity.
Apparently Italian Intervention
should have a great effect on the de-
cision of the war. Her army should
BY now be in first-class condition and
her leaders must have prof1ted by the
costly experience of the belligerents
during the last ten months. More
over, her example may prove the final
argument in behalf of the allies In the
case of certain Balkan powers. Press
ed on all sides, Austria-Hungary Will
naturally have to make greater exer-
tons than ever to beat back the enc
my. Against this, however, we have
the German assurances that they will
know how to meet the new danger.
And their success in meeting past
dangers warns against too hasty infer
ences.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-25
The Bill Board Trust.

| United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO, May 25.-Even Timothy
Sullivan, New York's famous big Tim,
was forced to lower his colors to the
bill posters trust, according to Peter
f. Mylus, of New York, testifying in
the governments suit for dissolution
of the Associated Bill Posters and Dis
tributers of the United States and
Canada under the Sherman law.
Sullivan, Mylus said. was the head
of the Sullivan advertising agency and
through the depredations and competi-
ton sitting methods of the bill post.
ers' association, the company was
forced into bankruptcy. Mylus relat
Gu how the association tore down bill
boards and inundated big advertisers
through threats of black listing
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-25
LAND AHOY! SIR
YES, BUT IT WAS
TOO CLOSE HOME

. If you had pulled pair of Z
. oars for several long minutes. ex- 4
. pecting every minutes to be Z
. brought In closer proximity to Z
. the place where fish we're biting
. ravenously, and then found that
. your boat was grounded on the
. shore, two blocks from where you
. had embarked, wouldn't 1t make Z
. you peeved?
. Ed Merrick and Thomas Con- :
. merry started out to fish in q I
. slough near the bridge across the I
. river yesterday morning. 1t was 4
. three o'clock in the morning. and 4
. foggy-so foggy you could see 4
. only a few inches ahead. After 4
. pulling the boat for long time, 4
. Connery remarked that they must Z
. almost be there. Merrick thought Z
. he saw land, and decided that the
. government men we're cutting Z
. willows because there was Z
. barge looming up ahead. The Z
. next minute they ran ashore tn 4
. the lee of q sand barge at the Z
. foot Of Exchange street. Z
. The current had turned their 4
. boat around in some way, and 4
. they had rowed across the river, I
. and then rowed back again. The Z
. fog is the only alibi they offer. Z
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-25
Give Your Children Meat IN
Moderate Quantities
Serve Other Nutri-
tious Foods.

Children should be given meat only
in moderate quantities. In the nrst
place, it is overheating when eaten
to excess, it taxes the digestion very
severely and. from an economic STAND
point, there are many other foodstuiis
that are just as nutritious.
Writing on spaghetti and alheo
products. DR.. Hutchinson, one OF the
worlds foremost dietitians. says that
they are absorbed almost in their en-
tirety."
This means that practically every
morsel of Faust Spaghetti-which IS
made from Durum wheat, cereal e1-
tremely rich in gluten-goes to en-
rich the blood and build up the pody.
Faust Spaghetti is very easy to digest
and easy to prepare. And the many
ways it can be prepared to tease the
palate is truly surprising. Large
packages 10c. Serve 1t often, espe-
cially to the children.
MAULL BROS.
st. Louis, Y. s. A.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-25
WOMEN IN VIENNA

VIENNA, May 25.-Everybody does
their duty for the endangered rather
land The poor woman on her way
tn factory contributes her mite to the
collection boxes. The rich women
omen their parlors, bedrooms and
kitchens to the wounded officers and
soldiers. Not only do the women OF
Austria. France, England, Germany
suffer from wars depredations, but
the women in America are every day
suffering from the many Ills that
women are heir TO.
The diseases which weaken and tor.
rnent women, may in almost all cases
be cured nv the use OF DR.. Pferce's
Favorite prescription. 1t establishes
REGULARITY. heals inflammation and
liberation, and cures womenly weak
ness.
F,verv woman who has reason to
baIieve that backache. headache, I'M
natural pains, low spirits, sleepless
nights. irregularities or catarrhal
condition is caused by derangement
of the yomanIy functions, owes 1t TO
herself and dear ones to speedily ov-
ercome the trouble before general
breakdown causes permanent pros
ira ton.
DR.. Pierce's Favorfte Pescrlptlon
,s a temperance remedy that any
ailing woman can safely take because
It is prepared from roots and ferps
with glycerine containing tonic prop
critics and is not secret remedy De
cause its ingredients are printed on
wrapper.
Get DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton today. either in liquid or tapiet
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Won want to better your physical con-
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If YOU want specialist in women
diseases to diagnose your case, con
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-25

Iowa's county superintendent are
planning to go to school for week
in June at the summer session OF
Iowa State college. to learn something
about agriculture. home economics and
manual training. Were supposed TO
direct work in these new subjects,
wrote one superintendent TO Director
G. NJ, Wilson of the summer session,
"why can't you arrange to put us in
10 the class rooms and laboratories to
get first hand contact with agriculture,
cooking and sewing. and manual train
ing?" This was only one of many re-
quests and so arrangements were
made to give the superintendent two
hours day in each of the new sub
1ects for week. The superintendents
TO the number of ninety-nine will hold
their state conference at Ames also
curing this week, the dates June 2S,
~ and SO, having been set aside for
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-25
THE NATIONS WEALTH.

The census bureaus latest estimate
of the wealth of the United States is
almost 1sS billion dollars, an average
per capita of s1,965. The figures are
for 1912 and are based On reports OF
assessors. census reports on agrlcut
ture, manufacturers, street railways,
telegraphs, telephones. electric hgnt
and power, the interstate commerce
commission, the geological survey and
other sources, and are not the result
of a census enumeration.
The figures show an increase OF
nearly so per cent in total and 40 per
cent per capita, over the report TOT
1904, eight years previously.
OF this vast sum $12,250, 100000 is
exempt from taxation because IL Is
owned by the various governments,
national, state and local, or by rens-
ious. educational or charitable organ
izations.
Nevada leads all states in per capita
wealth, s4,s65. Iowa is next with
s3,345, North Dakota 1920, Cali
fornia $3.113, Nebraska $2,954. Mon
tana $2,743, Colorado $2,66S. Kansas
s2,525, Oregon $2,523, Illinois $2,5o7.
The total wealth of New York state
is Is billion dollars; Illinois and Penn
sylvania, almost Is billion each. the
former being a little ahead; Ohio,
s.sOS billion; California, s.464 billion;
Iowa, 1858 billion; Texas, $500 bill
lion; Massachusetts,, 5000 billion; Mis-
souri,, 5,s42 billion: New jersey. D.
TAB billion; minnesota, 5,547 Dillon; ,
Michigan, 5,427 billion; Indiana, 5,lSo
billion. These thirteen states are the
only ones with 5 billion or more.
The latest published estimate OF
the wealth of Germany was 1854 bill
lion dollars in 1908. In 1908 the wealth
of the United Kingdom was 72.s9i
billion dollars, and of the entire Brit
ish empire, los. ESQ billion. The wealth
of the United States exceeds that OF
the British and German empire com
bined.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-25
RED CORRIDEN IS
RELEASED BY CUBS
FFormer Indian VIII Join Louisville
Colonies, According to Dope
From Boston.

John RED" Corriden, former Keo-
kuk favorite, and who has been a
member OF the Cubs for two years, has
been released to Louisville, according
to the following Boston special in the
Tribune:
Red" Corriden, utility infielder of
the Cubs, was sold to the Louisville
club and left this afternoon to join
the Colonies. The transaction is an
outright sale with no string attached,
but the Chicago club will pay part of
Reds" salary, so as make good his
Cub contract and enable the Colonels
to keep within the association salary
limit Red" had an iron clad one
year contract, and the document he
signed with Louisville also Is iron
clad.
The move is made to make room
for another pitcher within the Nation
al league limit of twenty-one players,
and is partly due to inability to dis
pose of Larry Cheney. The Cubs have
had several chances lately to grab
pitchers on whom National and Amer
lean league club owners have asked
for waivers, but could not sign any
more men without letting go OF some
Iof their present twenty-one. many OF
whom have contracts which do not per-
NIT releasing them.
Manager Bresnahan refuses to di-
vulge the names Of any OF the pitch
iers on whom other clubs have asked
for waivers, but 1t is known that one
of the men he wanted to grab Is an
American Lacquer and member OF
| q western team.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-25

In the Red Book Magazine for June
is a story which deserves TO pe
singled out especially as IN mar. >
ways the most notable short story VI
the month. Mis- Jfnny's Boy II Is
called; and Arthur Stringer, VINO
wrote 1.-The Prairie Wife and Inc
Wire Tappers," is the author. "A
deeply impressive human drama, II Is
told with a simplicity that has Its own
elusive charm and that makes the
story really captivating. Why is IT,
we wonder, that prize story-contests
produce the-th.a things they do, whlle
every now and then there unootrus-
lively appears such little gem as
this story of Arthur Stringer's!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-25
WE BREAK The RULE.

1t Is the rule of The Gate City to
pay no attention to anonymous com
munications but we received one TINS
morning which we see no REASON
should not receive attention lnasmuch
as the writer appears to be makins
the inquiry in good faith and with the
view of obtaining information our
inquirer wishes to ascertain the names
of the stockholders in The Gate CltS
Co., and who holds the controlling W
terest. The first question is answer
ed every six months when this paper
like all daily newspapers-makes It's
sworn circulation statement to the
United States postal authorities. One
of the postal requirements is to pup
lish the names Of the stockholders.
The persons holding stock In The
Gate City Co. are c. F. Skirvin, NJ. II.
Skirvin. William Logan, James {.
Davis and Mary l. Irwin. The Gate
City Co. is incorporated for $4,000,
the shares being 800 each. There
are 500 shares of stock. of which the
Skirvins own and control 2s1. The
other stock is held as follows: VIII
liam Logan "a shares, James C. Davis
10 shares, Mary L. Irwin Y shares
making in all 500 shares The SkirVlns
own the majority stock and nave LOT
nine years, and control the policy OF
the paper. We have gone into detail
to answer the inquirer. We trust the
will give him or her sat
isfaction. We do not know why sucn
a request should be made OF us unless
the one asking the question Is
under the impression that conditions
were otherwise Surely some good
reason should have prompted the in
luiry or it would not have been made.
However. the purpose makes no diff
ference with US. The facts are stated
above The only feature of the mat
ter that we care TO emphasize is this
nat the Skirvins control this paper.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-25

Iowa State college has set aside
June 81 to July 2 for it's annual con-
ference for rural ministers and church
workers. This years program includes
chiefly men who are not mere theor-
lists about improving country life, but
who are actually doing things. The
midwest has been secured for rural
ministers who are maintaining model
church work and as many of them as
possible will appear on the program
for one or more addresses. The con
ference will be led by Rev. Clair s
Adams. who two years ago made the
gathering a pronounced success.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-25
MEETS
DEATH UNDER CAR
Charles n. Stewart Of Fort Madison
is Crushed by Box Car, While
AZ Work In Yards.

is Crushed by BOX Car, WnHe
~ at Work In Yards.
Sunday evening at eight o'clock,
Charles H. Stewart sw1tcnman
working in the yards of the Santa Fe
railway company, was struck by
box car as he stood just south OF the
track in the path Of an oncoming car
and was thrown to the ground. Inat
he was crushed under the journal OF
the car as it passed over him is the
superstition He lived until $40 p
M, says the Fort Madison Democrat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart had been mar
ried but six months and it seems es-
peciaIly cruel that the happy home
should be thus broken after such
short duration. He leaves his widow,
mother, five sisters and two brothers.
He had lived in Fort Madison for the
last three years. He came to this city
from Omaha, Nebr. where he was
employed as a switchman. He was
member Of the B. OF r. T. and B. P.
o. Elks. He was forty-two years of
age, born at Brookfeld, Mo-, August
II, 1872. :