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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-15
CANNOT CONVICT
WOMAN OF CRIME
Seventeen, Charged With Muir
der, Have Been Acquitted
by Juries in Past
Four Years.
BARNES CASE STARTED
Wife Who Shot Down Husband in
Park, Has Good Chance Of
BeIng Set
Free.

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CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-Chivalry, or
whatever chivalry 1t is that causes
juries to refuse to convict women
of murder, will be put to one more
test In the trial Of Mrs. Iva Barnes,
charged with the murder of her hus-
band, James r. Barnes. The state
will demand the death penalty for
the frail little woman in deep mourn
ing who has sat wearily through
three days Of the questioning OF
veniremen.
Seventeen women charged with
murder have been freed by acqulttal
or disagreement Of the jury In Chi
cago in the last four years. None
has been convicted.
. Mrs. Barnes lawyers will set up a
case of self defense. They are ex'
pected to declare that Barnes was
shot when struggling with his wire
for possession of a pistol she he'd.
The killing was in south side par
last September. 1t followed domestlc
difficulties in the Barnes family. The
state will try to prove that Mrs
Barnes bought the pistol she ca: led
to the park and made an engagement
with her husband to meet her there
The state is fighting for jury that
can and will listen with its reason
alone to these stories; that can with
stand the sight of fainting woman
without suffering a melting Of judg-
ment under the warmth of sympathy.
Each of the several hundred ven1re'
men questioned, has been asked II he
entertained scruples against the death
nenalty: If he would require more
evidence to convict woman Of muir
der than he would to convict man;
If the sight of fainting woman
would influence his decision IN
criminal case.
Mrs. Barnes has expressed fears
that her strength will not sustain
her through the ordeal. Her sister,
Mrs II. Ingersoll of Ell Paso, Texa5,
has been with her in court each day
since the trial opened, whispering
words of encouragement when Mrs.
Barnes appeared to be suffering from
weariness and strain.
It is not expected the jury Will
he completed before tomorrow-poS-
siblv not until next week. Chlcaso
men quite apparently do not want 10
serve upon a jury that will nave 10
decide whether a woman snail u's
on the gaIlows or go free. Most Oh
the veniremen questioned have SHOWN
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-15
Part America Should Play is
Threshed Out Today in
Meeting of President
and His Advisors.
IS A PUZZLING SITUATION
President and Secretary Of State DIS.
cuss Question for TWO Hours,
But Come to No
. Decision.
by Robert J. Bender, United Pr

by Robert J. Bender, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-The whole
subject of peace and the part America
can play, If any, will undoubtedly be
threshed out in this afternoons cab
met session.
Confidential Information from Sec
retary Grew, Of the American Berlin
embassy, despatched with Germany
proposals.. is scheduled for presenta
ton to the members along with con
sideration of past official reports and
recent unofficial versions of the for
eign attitude toward peace.
The state department was reliably
understood to be collecting this fore
noon, all It's past information bearing
on the subject Of peace. This. taken
with news messages, indicated senti
ment on the allies part against yield.
ing up the struggle to diplomacy at
this moment.
Meantime German official hints here,
pointed to a willingness to talk at least
a partial disarmament and likewise a
willingness for introduction Of world
guaranty of peace.
The administration now feels that
tHcIS hdy NC lISIl uSllfe vi
the peace proposals among the allies,
but has had no reason to believe that
the present proposals themselves will
at once point the way to peace. Pet
rograd's semi-official statement tpat
Germany Is deluding her own people
and trying to cast the responsibility
for the continuance of the war else
where. is regarded as a general allied
viewpoint.
In these circumstances, President
Wilson and his advisors are admitted
ly still puzzled to know just what atti-
tude and what action. if any, to take.
1t was expected that the cabinet ses-
sion would serve to clear the official
atmosphere and that it might be pro-
ductive Of some definite information
to the public as to what this govern.
ment proposes to do.
No Decision Reached.
by Robert ]. Bender, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-For near
ly two hours today, President Wilson
and Secretary Lansing considered the
question of supplementing the for
warding Of the German peace pro
posals to allied capitals with some
SuSSeSllOuS lIOlu LLliS SoNei uilSliL.
At the conclusion Of the conference
neither the president nor Secretary
Lansing would throw any light upon
what, if any, decision was reached.
81 have nothing to say now. There
is no announcement to be made at
present. There is no conclusion to
discuss summed up Lansing's re-
ply to inquiries from newspaper men.
1t was indicted after the confer
ence that the state department at
least has little on whicn to work on
the way of expressions of public
sentiment in this country, except as
voiced in the newspapers. In the
past the department had been flooded
with kilograms giving individual
views of what ought to be done, but
in this instance none has come.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-15
Selgians Along Border Have
Novel Way of Escaping
From German Guards.

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,iMlNNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Dec. 10
y. minneapolis flour barrels are one of
me chief worries Of the German sem
.,ies along the Holland-Belgfum from
ser, 10 prevent the civilian population
rom leaving the country, declared
slrs' Al. c. Hemenwey Of Paris. who
urought collection Of Dutch pic
.ures to exhibit here the first Of next
week, In Minneapolis today.
she claims the Belgians take
W. NY Hour barrel to sloping ground on
Ae border, get in and roll to freedom
on Holland soil. Electrified cables
ssletched along the border that
Afeaten death II the rollers should
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-15
MEN ALL SAVED I
FROM SUBMARINE
.s-w Taken Off Exhausted,
& : Many Suffering Bruises
xS While Boat Tossed in
9 the Breakers.
-
8
lot BADLY DAMAGED
If Storm Subsidies, Boat Can be Res
cued and Again Be
Put Into
Service.
lot BADLY DAMAGED

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EUREKA, Calf, Dec. 15.-Plans to
drag the United States submarine
H-3 out of the breakers where she
has been rolling and pitching for
twentyfour hours, were rushed to
completion today by Lieutenant Com.
mander VIM. B. Howe, following the
rescue OF the twenty weight members OF
the crew through the medium of a
breeches buoy.
Despite the divers perilous posi-
tion, Howe declares he believes she
can be taken off little damaged II a
storm does not blow.
In response to a request sent to
the Mare Island navy yard for YES
sci with gear for handling the sub
marine, the coast guard ship McCul-
loch came here today with a large
force OF men prepared to expedite
the work.
The two officers and twenty-six
men who were taken off just before
nightfau yesterday, were all suffer.
ing today from severe bruises and
some with broken hands, but none
was IL condition requiring more
than temporary aid. None of the men
would discuss the accident in detail,
but from the stories told by them it
was clear that the submarine lost Its
way in the dense fog and drifted in
to the breakers when its engines
developed trouble.
Members of the crew said that un-
til they were rescued they had no
definite idea as to location Of their
vessel. So dense was the fog that it
was impossible to get their bearings
and Lieutenant Bogusch believed he
was several miles south of Humboldt
Bay when he suddenly found his
craft inside the line of breakers.
A moment later she began to scrape
upon the sand, they said, and the en-
gines went out Of commission. This
left the craft entirely helpless. For
hours, they said, she lurched and
swung about wildly at the mercy of
the waves. Several times the con-
ming tower was wholly submerged so
sharp was the angle at which she
reeled.
But the crew suffered no serious
discomfort until the water got into
the batteries and chlorine gas was
released
This deadly gas forced the com
mander to abandon the interior Of
ship almost entirely and to shut his
SleW olI Ill q SlAy iooLA oluVi eiiS
coming tower. There the twenty
eight men sat huddled together,
clinging together as best they might
while the submarine pitched and
tossed. They were so exhausted
when life lines were shot aboard
that they did not have the strength
to make them fast and would never
have been rescued had it not been for
the courage of Surfman Werner
Sweinns. Despite his own peril, he
leaped from a surf boat to a slippery
deck of the submarine and finally
made fast a line after he had twice
been washed off and twice had fought
his way back. Sweinns was the
hero Of Eureka today.
Commander Howe declared today
that he expected to have salvage
work we'll under way before noon
today and that with the combined
efforts OF the monitor Cheyenne,
parent ship of the submarine flotilla
and the McCulloch. he believed the
subm arine would be saved.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-15
'Departments From Ottumwa
and Grinaell Were Sent For
When the City is
Threatened.
BUILDINGS ARE GUTTED
al,ze Started in Livery Stable Where
Thlrty-eIsht Horses Were
Burned to
Death.

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OSKALOOSA, Iowa, Dec. 15.-Fire
Z which gutted the X. of P. and Eagles
lodge buildings in the heart of town
I today. was believed under control at
a. M, after burning fiercely for
I nearly sly hours and doing upwards OF
\ S250,O00 property damage. The OF
tumwa auto fire apparatus made a
record run Of thirty-three miles in
/ one hour, and Grinnell sent squad of
firemen also to the aid Of the Oska-
loosa department Immense bodies
Of Ice formed on the buildings and in
the streets and the fire fighters suf-
iered bitterly from the zero weather.
The srhh5 fam f IS stffsi tart sd sd Al the Victor and
4 Turner livery barn at $3.50, from somo
unascertained cause.
Thirty.eight head Of horses in the
livery stable were burned to death.
A strong southwest wind famed
the flames from the two story barn
across to the adjoining x. of P. quar-
tiers, which housed the Leader De
partment store on the first floor. A
shift Of the wind to the northwest
spread the fire to the Eagles club
rooms, a new two story block. At
different times the Penn school Of
commerce, Peoples Trust and Savings
bank and the McQuiston and Turner
grocery store were burning. Sparks
also endangered the Frankel dry
goods store, Rosenblatt department
store and many other business blocks.
Nremen were served with hot
coffee and sandwiches as they fought
the flames. Many power and light
circuits were put out OF commission.
The Rhynsburger poultry packing
building was destroyed and severe
damage by smoke and water was done
In the Jones-Reigei and the Fitch
bank buildings.
Charles billiard, night watchman
at the livery. escaped half clad and
choking from the smoke.
DR.. c. C. Cone suffered a broken
left arm rescuing his college diploma
from the wall of his Office in the
burning X. of p. block. Dr. Cone
lost his medical library, considered
one of the most complete in the state.
Four valuable ponies of the Ed
wards animal act were among the
animals burned to death.
Creston Hotel Destroyed.
CRESTON, iowa, Dec. 15.-The
summit house, Creston's leading ho-
tel burned to the ground early today
loss Of $4,000. Scores of guests
saved most OF their belonging and
got out in safety because the fire
started in the fourth and top story.
ihe local fire department was help
iess without any engine and with
low water pressure. Aid summoned
rom Corning arrived too late. The
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-15
MACHINE WAR
BEING FOUGHT
When Men Cannot Take Part
On Account Of Elements.
Machines Keep up the
Struggle.
NEVER CEASES LABOR
Artillery and Trench Warfare Goes on
in Spite of Snow or
Rain on the Battle
fields.
lBy William Phillip Simms, United
Press Star Correspondent

lby William fDllllp SlmmS, OultGu
Press Star Correspondent
copyrighted 1916 by United Press
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE. Dec. l6.-This is machine
war. One realiTs this more as wiz.
ter swamps the earth with mud and
wet. The purely human element 's
balked-but the machines keep war
grinding on. The infantry can't march
but auto-busses shunt the men
back and forth like magic. The
scouts are almost paralyzed but
aeroplanes defy the elements.
The soldiers can't pass the mud
holes between their line and The
er.einy and stick to trench work and
trench mortars all day. So when the
communique reads: There is moth
ing to report" it doesn't mean the
front is silent-for the machine fight
ing never ceases.
Just now one of the wettest, chilli
est, dreariest snowfalls on record
seems bent upon ushering in cor
respondipgly soggy winter. Huge
flakes of snow resembling monstroas
goose feathers and completely arrest
ing aerial operations at times, limit
the vision to scarcely a hundred
yards.
But artillery and trench warfare
goes on. Nothing stops this. The
worst possible weather can only
cause slowing up.
Even when the snow and rain and
fog prevent all attempts at observa-
ton, there are always many charted
points against which the artillery
hammers. The trench-mortar men
have the exact range of the enemy
trenches in front The freezing
weather and thaws are very damag-
ing to trenches, which have tend
ency to crumble and cave In. Thus
it is the British Tommy's idea 20
keep the M ortars busy as few pro
jectiles are wasted. Even if there
are no casualties of the enemy, his
trenches are usually damaged, the
sofe condition of the earth rendering
explosions douhly effective.
Though the air of activity was stop
ped in this part Of the line during a
snow storm, yet the fact remains
that the weather seldom completely
suppresses the everlast1ngly alert
air men. Yesterday 1t drizZled almost
all day and clouds seemed at times
to be resting in the tree tops. The
day was dark and forbidding. Never
theless, there were many war planes
abroad and at least one German ma
chine was brought down in thrilling
battle near Arras.
Though tempests OF wind, rain and
icy blasts, the airmen got aloft, stop
ping only when 1t was impossible to
see.
Only eight years ago at the first
aviation meet in history. which took
place at the now war battered
Rheims, before pilot ascended, he
first looked at the sky, tnen wet his
finger and held 1t up to see which
way the breeze was blowing. And
one day when an aviator flew a few
feet from the aerodrome to the city.
rounding the now fire-blackened ana
shell-scarred towers of the famous
cathedral correspondent VINO was
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-15
TeIepohne Girl Heroine,

CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-Helen Eviston,
telephone operator, is the heroine of
the fire that threatened the lives Of
200 girls at the Oriental candy factory
at 1885 West Austin avenue here to-
day. She stuck to the switchboard
until all employees were notified of
the fire. The building is a five story
structure.
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FIRST STORM
OF WINTER
New York Traffic Delayed by Fall Of
Snow and Cold Winds
Tndau

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Ocean lin
ers were delayed, conditions were
rapidly approaching a traffic tieup
and streets were being clogged with
snow here today. as the first real
storm Of the winter gained headway.
Starting at $50 this morning. a
heavy snow fall continued for hours.
At noon several inches of snow had
fallen and there were no signs of
abatement.
Twenty-Five liners, foreign and do
mestic, were due at Quarantine early
today. Only six appeared. The others
were delayed by the storm Tugs
and other small craft made their way
about the harbor with greatest diff
anltY.
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Daily Gate City and Constitu-
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our own leased wire.
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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-01-05
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Local Union 500, United Mine
Workers of America, McHenry, Ky.
Whereas, the Great and Supreme
Ruler of the Universe, has in His
infinite wisdom removed from among
us one of our worthy and esteemed
fellow laborers, William A. Nave,
and
Whereas, the long and intimate
relationship held with him in the
faithful discharge of his duties in
this society, makes it eminently be-
fitting that we record our apprecia-
tion of him,
Resolved, That the wisdom and
ability which he has exercised in the
aid of our organization by service,
contribution and counsel, will be
held in grateful remembrance.
Resolved, That the sudden remov-
al of such a life from our midst
leaves a vacancy and a shadow that
will be greatly realized by all the
members and friends of this organi-
zation, and will prove serious loss
to the community and public.
Resolved, That with deep sympa-
thy for the bereaved relatives of
the deceased, We express our hope
that even so great loss to us all
may be overruled for good by Him
who doeth all things we'll.
Resolved, That a copy of these
resolutions be spread upon the rec
ords of this organization, a copy
printed in the local papers. and a
copy forwarded to the bereaved FAM
lily. J. w. BLACKBURN,
]. T. MAIN,
L. M. HARDIN,
Committee.
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BEAVER DAM.

Jan. 3.-The year 1915 will be
remembered as a year OF plenty, es-
pecially bountiful crops, all kinds Of
fruit and vegetables and every ce-
real that is grown on the farm. The
best of all is that everything grown
on the farm brings fair price, so
the farmer that has made surplus
can command the cash at any time
without going to the bank.
If the Equity folks would only
erect a barn in Beaver Dam or Hart
ford where .hty could pool their to-
bacco, IL ereby having a market in
the county, it would be much better
on those who want to grow the
weed. The, luoi their wool and get
good cash prices. Also they poo
their poultry, which Is quite an item
with the farmer. Before the Equity
was organized they took the prices
offered by merchants I'm goods; no
money was offered. They could pool
their tobacco the same way and
command the same price they now
receive in Owersboro and proven &:
the long haul from this county o
the Greensboro market.
We hope this year will be year
of improvement of our public high
ways and that our county officials
will help us on our Dixie Highway
from Beaver Dam to Borah's Ferry.
The farmers of this part of the
county are expecting help along that
line during the year and If the Off
Gals turn deaf ear to our de-
mands, there will be another cleo
ton, and remember that no longer
a candidate can come among the vo-
ters with party platform pinned to
his coattail and command votes. The
people will vote for the men for
county Offices that will look after
the welfare of the people at large.
Mrs. Dan Kelly and children and
Mrs. j. Leslie Leach, of Central
City, spent the weekend with their
father, Mr.. Geo. II. Barnes. He has
been ill of lagrippe but is improving
at present.
Miss Grace Williams, who is
teaching at Lookout Mountain,
Tenn, spent the holidays with her
parents at home.
Miss Bessie Renfrow, who is
teaching in Logan county, came
home during Christmas.
Mrs. Isaac Sanderfur and little
daughter Martha Chapman, of Hart
ford, spent the weekend with her
mother, Mrs. Mate Hunley.
Mr.. Henry Shaffer is very low of
diseases incident to old age. He
cannot live long.
Misses Bessie and Annie Afford
had a very pleasant visit to Caney-
vile during the holidays.
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ROCKPORT. y

IAN. 1.-Rockport Lodge No. 31s
net in regular session on ST. Johns
Day, Dec. 27th, and elected and in
stalled officers for the ensuing year
as follows: s. l.. Fulkerson, Mas
ter; w. ]. Mason, Senior Warden
r. l.. Sullivan, Junior Warden; Roy
Deeter, Secretary; NJ. 3. Reid, Treas
urer Warren Nichols, Tyler; j.
l. Clark, Senior Deacon, and J. G.
Williams, Junior Deacon. The lodge
is in fine financial condition and
starts the new year with high hopes
for good work and benefits to it's
members.
Claude Ray, son of Jacob Ray,
died last Tuesday and was buried at
Nelson, KY, Wednesday.
Alfred Bennett, of Crossville, ILL.,,
was circulating among his old
friends in town this week. After
spending the holidays with their
families, the following parties re-
turned to their several schools and
homes James Austin to Ogden
College at Lc.io-ille, Ray Herral to
Elkton, Misses Esther Bartlett and
Mena Deitlesbrink to Hickman, KY,
Addison Howard and Eugene Gibbs
to Bowling Green Thurston Gibbs
to Greensboro, Mrs. Ollie Howerton
and her two sons to Central City,
f. L. Dupy to Brookport, ILL.,, Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Smith to Louisville.
The play time for our people has
passed and each one is now prepar-
ing for the struggle for better condi-
tions and a more prosperous year
than the one just passed. The dec
orations have been hauled down, and
and the regular routine Of business
is being faced with energy and de-
termination for success.
There is considerable sickness in
town, most of It being colds and la
grip. Mrs. M. L. Tucker, who has
been very sick for several days, is
much improved.
Our popular telephone operator,
Oscar Ezell, is the happy recipient
of a fine boy, presented to him by
his wife on Dec. goth. Oscar does
not know whether he is walking in
the air or on old Mother Earth. His
smile is like the European battle
the same day Mrs. Will Bennett
presented to her husband fine girl
baby. Will is as proud as a band
master. Mothers and babes are do
ing we'll.
Miss Norine Black, of Hartford,
is the guest of Miss Nora Herrel this
week.
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HORTON.

Jan. 3.-Mr. and Mrs. James Dan
iel, of BENEFITS, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Daniel Sunday.
The party given by Mr.. and Mrs.
4 w. Black last Thursday night
was highly enjoyed by all present.
Little Miss Maggie May is on the
sick list.
Mrs. Kirkendall died at
Rosine Thursday and was buried at
Bethel Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. May, who have
been visiting relatives here. left
Monday for their home at Linton,
Ind.
Mr. Wiley Combest, who has been
in Illinois for some time, is spend
ing few days with friends and rel
atives here.
Mr.. T. S. Kirk, of Morgantown,
visited friends here Saturday and
Sunday.