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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-21
Copyright. 1918. By tn

40 history Of the Black Hand So
EN ciety. composed of cut throat!
n h1ackmailers, bomb tossers ant
" kidnappers Is complete withou
=. story of the Barrel Murder one o.
The most battling mysteries that ever
confronted the New York police and
NC United States Secret Service.
On the morning Of April H. 1sos'
Nrs Corners left her East Side tene-
n,ant home to go to bakery Tor rolls
for her breakfast. At Avenue and
Eleventh Street she saw barrel
standing at the curb, over the top Oh
which was carelessly thrown an over
coat. The coat was In such good
tate of preservation that the woma n
raryeled why any one living IN that
snualid neighborhood would discard
garment of It's character. She ap-
nroached the barrel and picked up the
coat to examine it the more closely.
4 cry Of horror escaped her and she
ned screaming from the spot In the
barrel she had seen the distorted and
blood stained face of a man knife
wounds about the face and throat told
only too plainly that the victim mad
been foully murde cred.
General Alarm Sent Out.
Intercepted by policeman the
woman led him back to the barrel and
in fifteen minutes police headquarters
we're in possession of all the meager
facts the policeman could gather. and
furthermore word had been flashed to
every police precinct in the city OF the
chastity find with instructions to bend
every energy towards ascertaining the
identity of the murdered man. fair
description having been sent out with
The general alarm. The police worked
with feverish haste under the direc-
ton of Inspector McCluskey.
A closer inspection of the contents
OF the barrel showed that the man
had been slashed literally to pieces
and that the body had been damned
into the barrel and set out on the
sidewalk where the slayers had hoped
II would be taken away by the gar
bage collector on his early morning
rounds. The throat was slashed from
ear to ear. thin bladed knife, or
stiletto, had been thrust into the
throat at the adams apple, the woun
extending back to the spinal column
deep cash at the side of the head
showed that the knife wielder was
possessed of tremendous strength for
the keen blade had penetrated bones
of the face and skull with ease. 9th
or wounds on the body proved that
the slayer, or slayers, had taken no
chances and vented their rage to tn e
full
For several days the Barrel Murder
was the one topic discussed in New
York. city so used to crimes of all
sorts that only one of unusual and
revolving detail could sustain its In
terest. Every cog in the police depart
ment's machinery was set turning. blu.
apparently there wasn't a ray Of light
that could be shed on the mystery to
aid In establishing the identity Of tn e
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-21

ers, and other modern weather reg
istering devices. These twice daily
observations are INN ediately tele-
graphed to the central office at Wash
ington, D. c.. at which place experts
are employed to study and interpret
them, and from which gathered in
formation the weather forecasts for
SO to As hours are given out and sent
broadcast over this land BY the
weather conditions in various parts,
and velocity and direction of prevail
ing winds, the course and severity Of
storms may be forecasted. and warn
ings to that effect are displayed on
land and sea by a system of flag
signals, such as illustrated herewith.
One of the illustrations showing an
interior view of the kite barn at the
central office, illustrates the type of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-21

charge Of forecasting the weather: the
issue Of storm warnings, the display
of weather and flood signals for the
benefit Of agriculture, commerce and
navigation; the gauging and report
Ing of rivers; the maintenance and
operation of seacoast telegraph lines
and collection and transmission Of
marine Intelligence for the benefit Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-21

The daily weather map is mailed
imm ediately after the morning fore-
cast Is telegraphed, and upon 1t the
principal weather conditions through-
out the country are recorded WASH
ington weather maps, as we'll as those
issued from other forecast centers,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-21
EXPLANATION CRAFT STORM, HURRICANE
WARNINGS
S T O r M
SMALL GRAF r
HURRICANE

Nc. S-Norheast 4-Southeast
with
8 to
BY night dNghtnd a
acr the akes INC
displayed at
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-21

kites Cat the left HANDY now used to
ascertain the velocity Of the wind, air
pressure and temperatures. at certain
attitudes at which the kite is flying.
The types Of kites at the right hand
side in the barn are older models
which have been discarded
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-21

Geneva, Vito La Duca, Domenlco Pee
orara, Pietro Inzeillo, Guiseppi Fa-
nara. Giuseppe La Lamia, Nicola Tesla
and Luciano Perrino. Everyone of
them were heavily armed. some carry
ing fully loaded revovers. others
stilettos and knives.
Perrino was better known as To-
nasso Petto. or II Bovo the OK.
strange to say nearly all the suspects
had permits issued by the police de-
partner to carry deadly weapons. 1t
was a round up of as desperate a
pand OF cut Threats as ever disgraced
New York and the police were jub-
liant, although they had little hope
of being able to fasten this particular
crime upon them.
The eleven prisoners were taken
separately to the Morgue and made to
gaze upon the mangled face of the
murder victim. Each shrugged his
shoulders. said they had never seen
the stranger before and although I
insisted that l had seen this man with
Lupo the Wolf that desperate faced
me down that 1 was laboring under a
huge mistake. Nothing could be
gained by this inquisition although I
knew beyond dispute that each of
them full we'll knew the murdered
man and further l was almost sure
they had encompassed his death
At that time Detective Joseph Pc
trosino was making an enviable repu-
tation by his active work against the
Italian criminals infesting New York
He received several anonymous notes
telling to steer clear OF this case and
not to mix in 1t under pain of instant
death. I had a long talk with Pc
trosino and giving him a photograph
Of the dead man. taken after his re-
moval to the Morgue suggested that
he go to Sing Sing prison and
talk with several Italian criminals in
carcerated there In the hope that light
might be shed on the shrouded
identity.
The Victims Identified.
Among those interrogated in Sing
Sing by Petrosino was Giuseppi di
Priema, sent there as counterfeiter
Without telling him that the original
had been murdered Petrosino showed
him the photograph and asked the
prisoner If he knew him. A cry Of
terror rang from di Pricma's lips
THAT Is Maruena Benedetto, my
brother-in-law. Has anything hap
pened to him?"
Then he described the victim in
minute detail. told Of the brass cruel
fix he always wore and described
watch of peculiar design that he car
ried. The Identification was complete
and I felt that at last we had some
thing to work on. Petrosino told the
terrified prisoner that Benedetto had
been foully murdered but that only
served to seal his lips and not another
word could be dragged from him. He
knew the fate that overtakes all
squealers and he was looking forward
to an early release from prison and
would take no chances in bringing
down the wrath Of the vendetta upon
his head.
We learned from him however that
Benedetto was stone cutter and had
lived In Buffalo. He had Joined
counterfeiting gang and came to New
York and that settled conclusively in
my mind his presence in the company
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-21
INTERPRETATION OF DISPLAYS.

Weah No j
No No
alone indicates temperature
~ alone, indicates stationary temperature
alone indicates stationary temperature
with No above it, indicates fair weather warmer
with No. below it. indicates fair weather colder.
with No above indicates snow warmer
with No below indicates rain snow colder.
with No rain snow
- with No below indicates local rain SNOW coloer
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-30
MORE FLORIDA CELERY
Truckers at Sanford Will Increase
Their Acreage

Sanford, Fla, Aug. 30.-Celery
growers are busy getting their seed
beds ready and ground in shape for
a large acreage the coming season
Despite the losses reported by some
of the celery growers last season it
will not reduce the acreage at all.
There also has been a shortage in
different kinds of fertilizer on ac-
count of the war blockade, but de-
spite these drawbacks the truckers
in this section will not only plant
a large acreage but will probably
increase the acreage on other vege-
tables. Florida celery is gaining in
favor in every market in the coun-
try This section of the State al
ways furnishes large quantities Of
vegetables every year. The land
here is fertile and there Is no sec
tion In the State where truck farms
are cultivated to higher efficiency
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-30
TAGGART TRIAL

indianapolis, Aug 30-The trials
OF Thomas Taggart, Democratic ma
tional committeeman for Indiana,
Mayor Joseph E. Bell, chief of po-
lice Samuel V. Perrot and l2S otn-
ers charged with election irregulari-
ties, were begun here today, Judge
Eichhorn having refused to quash
the Indictment. The court held hat
43 of the 4S counts Of the indict-
ments were valid. Taggart sough, to
have his case advanced, but this was
denied as these other similar cases
had been set for today, after which
Taggart's case will come up.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-30
THE AUTOMOBILE
AND DEMOCRACY

During the earlier days of the
motor car to be seen riding in an
automobile was a sign Of wealth and
luxury. People of modest means and
humble social position felt flatter-
ed to be invited to ride even a short
distance in a machine. They fdt
disappointd If they were not OBJ
served by friends.
Laborers working on the roads
were often seen shaking their fists
at passing motorists The machine
in their minds stood as the repre-
sentative of a cruel capitalistic sys-
TEN of wealth and luxury. II was
the proletariat defying the aristoc-
racy manifested in the flesh in tn cir
presence. 1t was symbolic and
class act, with no personal animus
back of It,
In the rural districts the feelin :
was bitter. One farmer was known
to put a gun in the back of his
wagon on his way to town. openly
threatening that he would use it on
the first motorist he met.
4 The abuses of operation of auto
mobiles have grown worse rathc?
than better since that time. Where
ever there are cities and large towns
the roads are crowded with a push
ing, hurrying crowd of drivers. How
this traffic is to be regulated. ano
common decency enforced on peo
pie of rash temperament. is one o.
the daily problems of life.
Meanwhile, the recent notable
price cuts in machines, and other
likely soon to come. are bringing TIL,
automobile within reach of new
army of buyers. Already mod
crate priced automobile. with goo'
care, is cheaper to maintain than
horse and carriage.
The automobile is no longer
badge or expression of class feeline
Soon the man of wealth may begi
retiring from a company which
growing too common for his taste
The farmers are said to own NOR
of them than any one class. TIL
motor crowd in exterior aspects
far from bearing the marks of dis
tinction 1t all looks plain an
, common enough, in one equs
democracy of dust.-Exchange
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-30

low it's external application, as well
as from taking 1t into the stomach
Thus rubbing the body with it after
Turkish or other baths, burning it
in alcohol" lamps. using it for
vanishing pianos, beer-vats, small
rooms, etc., may induce slow and
cften unsuspected but serious dam
age to the digestion. sight and ner-
YOUR system The manufactures Of
wood alcohol have succeeded in re-
moving the unpleasant odor and
taste, Disgusting it in this way to
facilitate its sale; but its poisonous
properties are still there. and this
"deodorized'' alcohol under whatso-
ever name it may be called should
be purchased for domestic use. 1t
should be the self-imposed duty of
every citizen, not only to abstain
from using the poison himself, but
to use his influence in bringing
| about a law to stop it's manufacture
and sale. All preparations contain
ing this ingredient should be put in
the list of poisons and labeled with
the skull and ross-bones.-Journal
of the American Medical Associa-
tion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-30
QUEER WAYS OF HOLDING
CONvICTS IN MIAMI

With the return Of John Goodwin,
convicted in criminal court Of record,
OF unlawfully selling liquor, follow
ing a ten days leave of absence
granted him by superintendent
C'Neil, of the convict camp, interest
centered around another case Of
striking similarity, although just
little different.
Several inquiries were made at the
sheriffs Office as to what disposition
had been made of the case against
! M. p. Merritt, former police Of
ficer, who, like John Goodwin, was
convicted in criminal court Of record
about one year ago, of the same
charge.
Merritt, it seems, was found
guilty of the unlawful sale Of liquor.
sentenced to pay fine of $500 and
serve six months on the county
chain gang However, it was stated
in the sherffs office that neither the
fine had been paid nor the sentence,
or any part of it served by Merritt.
was stated by one of the county
officials last night that when Mer-
ritt's case came up for trial before
Judge Billingsley, he had made the
remark that you can't convict me-
, I'm backed by the Law and Order
, League, and they will see me
through"
One of the agents of the Law ant
1 Order League is understood to have
gone on Merritt's bond, but the bont
, has never been declared forfeited
. Notwithstanding the fact that th'
\ convicted man has not served an,
S of the six months time, and is uD
derstood to have fed the country
e short time ago.
e At the time he was convicted
, Merritt claimed to be an agent 70
the Law and Order League. He wa
q In Miami up until a few weeks age
j when he is said to have left tn
country.
; John Goodwin returned Frida
II from Texas, following a ten day
e furlough, granted him by Superin
II tendent O'Neill, after Mr.. Godwi
= had asked to go TO Texas to see hi
y wife. whose health was said to b
: poor Mr.. Goodwin returned wit
Mrs. Goodwin and a son, and the
d will remain in Miami until the fou
; months sentence is served, or unit
e a pardon is granted. 1t is unde;
Il stood that steps have been taken
% secure a pardon for Mr.. Goodwin
!" He stated that he would remain !
II Miami and establish himself here
r business at the expiration of hi
= sentence. Meanwhile. however, ir
= terest centers around the Merritt
case.-Miami Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-30
NO TRACE Of THE
NAROWDNF OFF
YUCATAN COAST
(By Associated Press. J

New Orleans, La, Aug. 3O.-A
careful search of Coztumel island,
eff Yucatan coast, revealed no trace
of any of the crew or passengers OF
the missing liner Marowijne and no
wreckage of the vessel, according to
a wireless from the United Fruit
steamer Coppename. The Cope
name was one of three vessels sent
by the company to investigate state
ments in an anonymous letter to the
effect that Captain McLaren, two
wireless operators, and two passen-
gers of the Marowijne had been res
cued and were being held for ran
some on the island.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-30
BUSINESS RAPIDLY IMPROVING
ALL OVER FLORIDA

Jere W. Cook, the popular repre-
OF the Roberts, Johnson.
Rand Company OF st. Louis, declares
now that he is more optimistic than
he had dreamed Of being during the
past year. He is the seller OF shoes
all over the peninsular OF Florida
for his house. In an interesting
manner he showed last night the
fact that business men Of the state
have . much greater confidence in
the future than they displayed a
year ago
"At the outbreak OF the war in
Europe, the road of the average
American travelling man looked to
be stony pathway. have nc
hesitancy In saying that 1t was for
time. can say now, however
that we are better of than one yeaI
ago." he declared in d iscussinf
trade.
In his recent trip over Florida M
declares that there is a return o
con tidence generally and that thi'
state as whole will not long re
main a sufferer. The diversified In
terests here, the fact that the ap
preaching season will be grea
one for tourists, he believes, vii
cause Florida to start soon on tn
forward march as one OF the mos
prosperous Of states.
Mr.. Crook states that a numbe
Of familiar faces are among tn
travelling contingent just now VIII
were little over a year laid on 10
want OF business. He believes tina
the whole country has about con
pletely adjusted Itself to the cor
ditions brought on by the war
Europe and will later profit there
y.-Tims-Union.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-30
FINE CONDITION OF
NATIONAL BANKS

According to u statement just made
public by the comptroller OF the
currency, the national banks OF the
country were never in better condi-
tion to meet all demands that may
be made upon them than they are
today.
The usual call for funds to move
the crops. large as they are, will be
handled easily and without causing
the usual stringency, and also to pay
for American securities that may be
returned to this country by foreign
creditors.
"The figures show" says the comp
troller, that the national banks OF
the country and the twelve Federal
Reserve banks have at this time an
unemployed dodaning capacity suf-
ficient to enable them to carry for
our own people the entire cotton
crop and half, II not the whole, OF
the wheat crop and tobacco crop.
They can also finance, until the pur-
chasers can pay us in gold, thous-
and million dollars or so Of exports
of foodstuffs or manufactured pro-
ducts to be shipped to the rest Of
the world.
"The total reserve of the national
mbanks now exceeds by $319,000.-
600 the greatest reserve ever held
by the national banks at any time
prior to the passage of the Federal
Reserve Act.
! THE soundness of our new bank
ing and currency system" he de-
clares, "and its ability to meet sue
cessfully even the most trying emer-
gencies have been demonstrated 1t
behooves the national banks to exer-
else the utmost vigilance and a
wholesome restraint, lest overconf-
dednce and unwise expansion o,
speculation may check the prosperity
which now seems so likely to In
crease and edure jackson (Mich.
Patriot.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-30
MOUND HAS STORY
OF GE0RGIA'S PRINCESS

Atlanta, Aug 30-Dr. l.. Z. Haru-
man went up to his Nachoochee val
ley farm recently, to superintend tne
work preparatory to the excavation
OF an Indian mound which possesses
an interesting history.
There, Nachooche, an Indian prih-
cess, was burned, and tradition noids
fascinating romance connected
with her life and death.
Archaeologists, representing u
New York museum, will excava'e
the mound in order to make a
scientific sturdy of the lives Oh inc
race which once inhabited that sec
tion of the country in the years ago
The utensils used, their war para
phernalia, and even the skeletons o.
the people buried there, will anorO
interesting research work.
All the interesting excavations
viii be carried to the New YORK mn'
scum, and the mound will be reouii'
lcst as 1t stands today.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-30
WOOD ALCOHOL-POISON!

Despite unceasing endeavor to
prohibit the sale of wood alcohol.
this poisonous article is still used
in the manufacture of quack medi-
cines, hair tonics, cheap whiskey.
essences, etc, and every now and
then some innocent person is killed
or made blind from it's effects. Re-
Gently three persons died and two
others we're made completely blind
from drinking a cordial made partly
of wood alcohol. II is not generally
known that poisonous symptoms fol-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-30
3 COMPANIES
Of MILITIA
GUARD NEGRO
Is BEING TRIED FOR THE MUIR
DER OF WHITE WOMAN; HAS
CONFESSED TO THE CRIME
(By Associated Tress. }

Murphysboro, ILL.,. Aug. 80. As
result of threats of lynching, Joe
DeBerry, negro, charged with the
murder of Mrs. James Martin, three
companies of military guarded the
Jail and court house here at the op.
ening of the trial. A mob of several
hundred at harrisburg, ILL.,, failed
last night when the sheriff hurried
the negro here under an escort of
troops. DeBerry, it is alleged. has
confessed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-30
GERMANS WALKING INTO TRAP

L.emberg, Przemyl, Warsaw, Brest-
L. L.ivtovsk. Are they steps in an ulti-
mate German victory or pieces OF
hait to draw the Teutons further
into a Russian trap? After every
from Berlin of VIC
tory, Petrograd has responded wlth
a statement of strategic retreat
and military experts friendly to the
allies have argued that the Russians
were drawing the Germans into
trap. Now comes the Russky In
valid. the Russian military organ,
with a story that upholds both Pc
trograd and the military experts
The evacuation of Poland was de-
oided upon by Russia in l9lO, dc-
clares the Russky Invalid. Before
the war" says the journal Russia
anticipated that in the event of war
Austria and Germany, because OF
their rapid means of mobolization
md immense technical resources
would turn their attention first OF
all against Russia. To frustrate
this plan is was decided in 1911
that the Russian territory Juttine
| into Germany and the fortinec
n,aces west of Brest-Litovsk shoulf
not be organized for state OIL war
The region further east was choset
for the concentration of the Russian
forces.
"It would have been dangerous U
attribute too great an importance
n and to have held on to the NareV
.nd vistrla, with their fortine'
towns. It is better to take au
vantage of the depth of our theate
Of war to draw the German armie
for from their base and to lore
them to exhaust themselves. To tni
ord II was necessary to saerince Tn
polish salient. Three months nav
e,ansed since the Russian arm
started to put this plan into eAeeu
zion Constant marching, hgntin
and nrivations weaken the enemy
Thers are already evidences that tn
.aor.I force of the German army
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-30
WILL CUT DOWN
LIQUOR SHIPMENTS

Montgomery, Ala. Aug. 80. An
even greater drouth is in prospect
duce the amount of lijuOr which le-
gally can be secured by an individ-
ual as specified in the Bonner anti
shipping law, will be introduced in
the Senate by Senator Bonner and
in the House by Representative Da-
Wis.
Under the amendments an individ-
ual may receive every Is days one
Nuart Of whiskey or one-half gal
Ion of wine or two gallons of beer
The amount of alcoholics secured by
drug stores also will be reduced.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-30
PEACE CONVENTION
TO Be CALLED BY
VILLA and APATA
(By Associated Press. }

Washington, Aug. 80. Villa and
Zapata agents here said today that
peace convention would soon be
called in neutralized territory in
Mexico to set up q provisional gov
ernment. Independent Mexicans, not
affiliated with any faction, will take
part. 1t is possible that the Pan
American conference will be asked
to arrange details. The delay of
Carranza's reply leads to the hope
that he may be influenced to parti-
cipate.