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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-10
|DYNAM|TER IS
FOUND GUILTY
Mooney Will be Sentenced to
Death Tuesday for the Muir
der Of Ten
People.
IUPRoAR IN COURT ROOM
Sensation Promised to Follow Case,
When Other Crimes Are Ex-
pIaIned by Dynamite
Band.
UPRoAR IN COURT ROOM

rUnited Press Leased Wire Servicel
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 10.-Thos.
J. Mooney will be sentenced to death
by Superior Judge Franklin Grimm
next Tuesday, following his convictlon
of murder in connection with the
preparedness parade bomb which
killed ten persons.
In returning its verdict after less
than six hours deliberation last night
the fury declined to include = recon-
mendation of clemency and Judge
Griffin has no alternative but to send
the convicted man to the gallows.
In the midst of the excitement
which swept the city following the
verdict, District Attorney Chas. M
Fickert created a new sensation to
day when he announced that he has
confession by q co-conspirator. "recit
ing the details OF seventy-two crimes
in which, he asserted, nearly all OF
the defendants in the dynamitine
cases participated"
"The preparedness parade dynamit
ing" he declared, was merely an
incident IN q conspiracy. the extent
Of which would amaze San Francisco
We are merely on the Threshold o.
our prosecutions. The sworn confes
sion of the man who confessed, GOV
ers crimes ranging from dynamfttne
to murder committed in Sonoma, Ala
media. Contra Costa and San Fran
cisco counties.
"The co-conspirator has never been
heard of before in these boom cases.
His confession vindicates the convic-
ton Of Mooney. but we have only
scratched the surface in achieving
that"
Mooney reiterated his innocence
when asked for a statement today.
"This injustice in my case has not
upset me-" he said. "It Is merely a
single episode in the long struggle cs
labor for it's right. I was prepared
for any eventuality. To an Innocent
man 1t becomes a mockery to repeat
the plea Of innocence. If people can
be procured to perjure themselves at
the mstigation of the SYSTEM I can
not stop them. This verdict does not
make me guilty. I am not guilty"
The return Of the verdict was at
tended by a dramatic scene In court.
Mooney sat with, his mother and
MacGiven read the verdict Of guilty,
Miss Anne Mooney, the prisoners sis
ter, threw up her hands and scream
ed:
"Oh, my God. Tom. Toni"
MONEYS mother collapsed in a
faint and Mrs. Belle Hammerberg, sis
ter of Moneys wife, stood in front
of District Attorney Fickert and de-
nounced him.
The widest uproar continued for
several minutes, even after Judge
Griffin had discharge the jury and ad-
journed court. In the midst of 1t, q
policeman handled roughly Defense
Attorney McNutt and Robert Minor.
one of the leaders of the defense
The jurors declared that. although
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-10
b0UTH AMERICA HAS NOT
ENDORSED PRESIDENT WILSON

She is also particularly friendly to
President Wilson.
personally consider the Chliean
note the best of those forwarded pS
the South American republics, be-
cause Chile expresses her inability to
recognize the blockade and declares
she will decide future developments
according to their merits.
"Also my personal view is that the
South American republics adopted
mistaken position, in-as-much as they
focused their notes on President VIII
sons attitude instead of on the Ger.
man note announcing establishment
of unbridled submarine campaign.
Summarizing the situation, 1t can
be said that South American COM
munications are not intended to sup
port President Wilson"
The Argentine government today
handed to American Ambassador
Stimson a curt message of forty
words transmitting copy OF Argen-
tines note to Germany. The forty
words merely state that the copy OF
the note to Germany embodies AT
eentine's reply to President Wilson's 8
request that neutrals Join the United
States.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-10
.HARO|NG'S
SPECIAL
MESSAGE
00vernor u lows Docs Not
Want Tay Payers Assessed
to Make up Deficit
in Treasury.
TODAY IN LEGISLATURE
State Printer and Binder May Lose
Their Heads II Bill Intro
duced, Is Made
Law.
TODAY IN LEGISLATURE

| UNITED Press Leased Wire Service1
| DES MONIES, Iowa, Feb. 10.--The
81 100000 deficit facing the state
! treasury, was the subject of special
message read before a joint session OF
the legislature by Governor Harding
this morning. The governor strongly
| favored dealing with the situation by
| cutting appropriations and consoli-
dating state departments. rather than
by increasing taxes. When the house
reconvened, following the joint ses-
sion, committee consisting of Rep
resentatives Epps, Wilson, of Mitchell
and Lenocker. was named by Speaker
Pitt to investigate state finances and
report later.
Governor Harding offered a broad
! suggestion for economies within the
state administration by saying that
al, the states business might be
looked after by four or five execu-
tives, each in charge Of one of the CO.
related groups of activities. He also
endorsed Speaker Pitts suggestion
that authority be given the state to
use local governing bodies to do in
spection and investigation work.
Scoring the pork barrel theory,
Governor Harding stated:
| ne SCdle uOSS bul owe any tlll-
| zen a job Every office holder ought
to surrender the position willingly if
! it appears that there Is opportunity to
economize."
| The message declared that revenues
available up to June 80 are s4,239,477
and that appropriations until that
time total S5.72495S. Concluding the
/ message, Governor Harding touched
upon "the gravity of our international
relations" reaffirming his pledge OF
support of the president and adding
mot to fight nation or people, but
to maintain our national honor and
sovereign rights
Cigarette Law.
! DFS MONIES, Iowa, Feb. 10.-The
! senate today by vote OF twenty-sev'
en- to twenty-three rejected the un
favorabN report of the judiciary com
! mittee on Senator Rules bill to re
peal the present anti-cigaret law and
! substituting an enforceable measure
by which the state would obtain q
]! yearly revenue Of nearly 100000 in II
censes of s1G0 from each cigaret deal
er. The bill, which was ordered
( placed upon the calendar forbids ci
garet sales to minors and placing the
control of the traffic under the state
food and dairy commissioner.
/ State Printer In Danger
DIES MONIES. Iowa, Feb. 10.-Two
I
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-10
FOUR BODIES
FOUND IN ASHES
Six Others Said to be in Ruins
Of Boarding House Which
Was Destroyed by
Fire.
BOSTON HOTEL BLAZE
Thrilling Escapes by Guests Who
Were Forced to Flee In Night
Clothing From tho
Flames.
BOSTON HOTEL BLAZE

EUnited Press Leased Wire Service
ALLENTOWN, Pa. Feb. 10.-Be
tween four and ten people were
burned to death early this morning a.
South Bethlehem in a fire which de
stroyed the double dwelling at the
corner Of Buttinwood and Center
streets, occupied by Greek store ant
boarding house and by Mrs. Michae
rO'Connell and family. Four bodies
have been taken from the ruins ant
IT is said six more are still in tht
ruins.
Fire in Hotel.
BOSTON, Feb. 10.-Slides dowr
impromptu ropes made of sheets
tied together, thrilling ladder rescues
and a near panic among scant1lJ
dressed guests, marked q fire at the
Hotel Lenox, Back Bay. early today
Elevator boys stuck to their cars un
ii! smoke and flames from the fourth
and fifth floors, where the blaze
centered, forced them to stop. This
remaining guests were scurried down
ladders. Former Governor Walsh
had a narrow escape.
All are believed safe. One man Slid
down a rope of sheets.
After escaping, Ex-Governor Walsh
turned back and assisted in getting
other guests out. The blaze. start
ing on the second floor. worked up
through the third, fourth and fifth
stories. 1t spread over the entire
floors, cutting off escape from above.
Persons taken from the burning hotel
were carried across the street and
given shelter in the Boston Athletic
club. Estimates of the, damage placed
the loss at $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. ]. Donovan of
Lawrence, the former manager of the
Buffalo baseball team, here to attend
the funeral of Timothy Murnane
escaped by means of the elevator
which was conducted by daring boy
down through the burning floors.
Joseph Collins Of Revere, caught
on the tenth floor. believed he was
doomed for a time. He finally made
a rope out of his bed clothing anG
swung himself over the ledge, after
fastening one end of his improvise6
rope to steam radiator, and reached
safety.
Three hundred guests and employees
at the hotel were driven out. Half &
score of persons were injured. Nc
loss of life was reported.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-10
KEEP MARTIAL SPIRIT ALIVE
UNTIL CRISIS HAS PASSED

has been destroyed at the rate OF
about three quarters of million tons
monthly.
With terrific possibilities ahead,
the government is anxious lest peace
propaganda-aud the absence of war
shall lull the nation into an unjusti-
fable calm.
1t has prepared itself for internal
difficulties and there is talk OF an
army of half a million with some dis
cussion of various forms of military
service.
Thus far. however. these ideas
have not crystalized into actual ac-
tion.
Insofar as an actual declaration OF
war is concerned, as it was expressed
officially after yesterdays cabinet
meeting, that will be upon Germany's
responsibility. The president him
self has determined to follow the lit
eral wording of his recent speech to
congress-to ask only fer the means
of protecting American seamen's and
peoples lives. He will keep upon
Germany the burden of any actual
declaration of war.
Meantime the work Of neutrals to
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-10
SIX MONTHS
MILITARY
TRAINING
senate Bin w;ou1d REQUIRE
Every Citizen From 19 to
26 Years, to Take
Course.
If PHYSICALLY ABLE
Exemptions Provided and Recruits
May Select Branch They Wish
to be Instructed
o.
If PHYSICALLY ABLE

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-The sen
ate military committee today report
ed the universal military training bill
which require all male citizens Of the
United States between the ages OF
10 and 26 years, who are physically
able, to undergo period OF sia
months military and naval training
beginning January !, 1918.
The bill provides that on reaching
the age of 19 all youths physically
able and having no dependents shall
enter training period of six months
The bill as submitted to the sen
ate today is said to be not unlike
the measure being prepared by a
group of general staff officers under
direction of Major General Scott
which will be presented to the presi-
dent and afterwards probably be
used by the house military commit
tee.
The Chamberlain bill provides that
no person shall be compelled to un'
dergo the six months training after
reaching the age of 26.
Those exempt from military ser
vice are members Of permanent mill
tary and naval forces of the Uniteo
states: those physically unfit foi
military or naval service; persons
on whose earnings father. mother
brother, sister, wife or child, IL
wholly dependent for support.
Those exempt because OF physical
disability and the dependency clause
are subject to re-examlnatlon al
periods to be fixed by regulation.
The bill provides that members OF
religious sects whose orders forbid
members to bear arms in war shall
he trained in non-combatant branches
of the military or naval service; per
sons convicted of felonies are to be
trained in special units.
Credit of one month is to be given
any person who has completed u
course of military or naval instruc
tion. approved by the secretary OF
war or the secretary of the navy
these credits to be applied to the
training period only.
Certificates are to be issued to
those exempted and to those com
pleting the training course.
Employment of persons up to the
age of 26 without these certificate:
is prohibited.
At the time Of registering for train
ing, applicants are permitted to state
in which branch of the naval or mill
tary service they wish to be trained
In emergencies the president car
assign such proportion OF recruits a.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-10
Sense of Security and Atten.
tion to Pacifists Will Have
Bad Effect on Country.
TBv Carl D. Groat, United Press Staff
Cn,-racrnnndant ]

IBy Carl D. Groat, United Press Staff
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10-The ad-
ministration, fearing that ultimately
war or a state of war" with Germany
must come. is anxious to keep alive
the martial spirit in America 1t
wishes to guard against the sapping
influences Of an undue sense OF Sc
curity. On the other hand, there is
no manifest move to raise an army
for actual war, though there las been
some progress made toward naval
and economic preparedness
This eptimonizes the government
position today at the close of one
week of broken relations between the
United States and Germany.
It finds much of the neutral ship
ping ordinarily plying the Atlantic
'shivering in home ports; Germany has
slain ship travellers in an apparently
indiscriminate sea war and shipping
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-10
'spubtcs Made Mistake of
focusing Their Notes on
the United States.

- ehas. P. Stewart, United Press
Staff Correspondent
DoINoS AIRES, Feb. lot is a
s.ake to construe notes forwarded
eelmany by South Amerncan ma
sI as an endorsement of Presiden.
r,ss Rsons $ position in the view of Jorge
r,c,s editor of the influential La
,ad,u Un and regarded as one of the
sm authorities on pan-American-
ssra iu South American affairs.
sa,.i e argentine government" Mitre
ntha pthalned today. "was especially un.
Spd astic = over Americas stand
bam. " 80, more or less degree the
Sths. eing was shown in notes of
Bra,,, republics, except Brasil. And
the =, oOjects to Germany's. subma-
o.ockade because OF her own
trade In grain and colDss.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-10
American Ambassador and Of
fetal Staff to Leave Berlin
on Special Train for
Switzerland
OVER 200 IN THE PARTY
Citizens Of the United SKATES Whd
Wish to Remain In Germany,
VIII be Under Tho Pro
teetion OF Spain.

TINTED Press Leased Wire Servfce.1
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 The
f1rst direct official word concerning
Ambassador Gerard's departure from
Berlin reached the state department.
today in a cablegram from the Swiss
minister, saying that Gerard is 1eay-
ing Berlin today and would be passed
with every courtesy at the SWISS
frontier.
In response to published German
charges that Ambassador Won BERN
storff had not been permitted to tele-
graph his government since the
/ break, the state department said to-
day the ambassador has always been
able to cable the Swiss minister az
much as ha choae,
The message said Gerard, his en-
tire official staff fifty American citi-
zens and probably all consuls, would
leave tonight on a special train Tor
Zurich, Switzerland.
Americans, the message added, who
intend to remain in Berlin, Will be
under the protection of the Spanish
ambassador who is caring for Amer
lean interests The Swiss govern
ment has made all arrangements 10
give Gerard and his party the usual
diplomatic courtesies upon arrival I'D
Switzerland.
Party Of 2o2.
THE HAGUE, Feb. 10.-Two hum
dred and two Americans will leave
Berlin with Ambassador Gerard for
Berne, according to Berlin dispatches
TODAY. The advices did not fix tina
exact date or time of departure.
Money for Americans.
[Bv Carl w. Ackerman, United Press
Staff Correspondent
BERLIN, Feb. 10.-No large con'
gressional appropriation will be need
ed to relieve stranded Americans IN
Germany unable to leave at the same
time American Ambassador Gerard
departs. The reason is that through
the generosity Of the American am.
tbassador and his wife and Mr.. and
Mrs jacques Mayer, of New YORK.
practically all Americans without
funds who desired to leave with the
ambassador, were provided with rnon'
ev and their entire passage home. Ihs
American embassy has made all prep
arations to depart today
The American consulate here liz
still caring for some pitiful cases
which a congressional fund would as
sist, after the American consular rep
resentatives leave. These include es'
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-10
! Many Able Bodied Sea-
q. Also Several Thousand
officers to Man the
Ships.
spARAT1oNs FOR WAR
= miIs Long Wire Net to be
|ap,.ehsd Across Entrance TO
Nsw York, to Guard
Against submarines.

S,,,,TcTnN .su rIeSr T Tsh 1o2Want an
Ao o. nm ohia hodied seamen
~, ,,.,.sS 49, ctataa n.vv ai.o .ev-
~ uN un..eu asscsr.
noue'n1
- navy department, = w. sn
nced tooay, wah.s 'Ie Oa ~
Quick--to Drlns lno Ano ~ .n
Y up 70 tne newly ~ utno..1eu
snstn-so.oVV men. o
needed 70 MI OUT tne nks u
nauonai oelense ac., snu w
numbers ieSs tnaA one .noueanu.
pc eligible e memoelsnip N tne
= ax oe4ages q miiitaIy SCHOOL
lonAt u. = - u
50 @snon commissions q .no
uisr amy-under nonoraDie dis-
NE @ IN the reserve, active non
ntasioned officers OF the regular
= melS oi.lens WY na 81
~ ~ eap M
4 "os' pas' . n
Hosp,t., lyni. orn.n,.ed
teti.f, Fah 1i,.Ssh;c.1o pi,y.
Ii.inr = fn1lv eon;nned and fully
|nned base hosn;taI nnit Provision
Ave hundred bads will he made
: unit consists ~ 173 men and 46
mem Most az tha memhers have.
y service ana several helong a.
federal reserve ~ INA TTniten
Ete, armv
po,.. or.. e...,..
fHIcAco Eeh n nmcar. ., N:
Glsh r,;,,t,r,, .,,s. sn;aa
~ pieueeu tne OrganlzaJ1Ons sew
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-10
Anxious To Auoi1 zIWar,
Germany Asks Conference
After One Week of Broken D>.Jn1atic Relations, Move
For Settlement Comes From the Other Side

Press
possible hosh and perhaps out the break IN e
i0ns
understood the United States suggest the
n
recev Dr. ernoo
expected
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-10
Too Much Ginger,

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service1
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-My husband
has so much pep they call him Ginger,
said Mrs. Carolyn Taylor, testified
against Taylor in disorderly conduct
charge THE other night when he
heard / had sworn out a warrant for
him, he filed one of my slippers with
soup and treated the other to a por-
ton of rice pudding.
'T wish you would take some of the
spice out of him.
Taylor was held in $500 bail for ex
animation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-10
TORPEDOES Fly
FAST AS EVER
More Ships Sent to Bottom by
Submarines of Ger
many Lying in
Ambush.
NEUTRALs NOT SPARED
Steamer Sunk and TWO
Members Of Crew Lost Their
Lives In Y Boat
Attack.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. !
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-The Ameri-
can freight ships Orleans and
Rochester sailed out Of New York
harbor at 2:3o this afternoon.
Tho ships, eontestIng for the prIvl-
Ieae Of being the first American chip
from this port to enter the subma-
rine zone, passed Quarantine almost
abreast.
limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
LONDON, Feb 10.-Two OF the
crew OF the Norwegian merchant
man Solbakken perished when that
vessel was sunk today. The British
steamer Manitoba was also reported
sunk.
The Solbakken was a steel screw
steamer of 2,616 tons (gross tonn-
age) registered at Bergen and tho
property of o. F. Olsen.
The Manitoba was an almost new
steel vessel Of q net tonnage OF
6.s2S, built in 1916. registered at Glas-
gov and owned by the British India
Steam Navigation company.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-10
4 1urvivovs I, Z 1 iNlI0aeK 0Noro.

MADRID. Feb. 10.-Near death
from exposure, lack OF food and ex.
haustion, three British and one Amer
.ican negro sailors from the British
steamship Duuntless were picked up
bv a trawler today after having spent
ave days in an open boat. The
Dauntless was torpedoed and sunk on
February 8.
The four seamen were rushed to a
hospital.
VIII Enter Danger Zone.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-Without the
"barber pole" Identification marks In
sisted upon by the German govern
ment. two American, freight ships,
the orleans and the Rochester, will
sail today for Europe. the first Amer
fcan vessels to leave this port in de-
fiance of the submarine order.
The ships, according to their own
ers. will carry no contraband. They
are not armed.
The Orleans carries a crew or
thirty-five men, of whom. In addition
to Captain Tucker, thirty-two are
American citizens. She sails for Bor-
deaux.
The Rochester will attempt to
make Rouen, France. She carries
provisions, but no absolute contra
band.
It will be the first voyage for the
Orleans under the American nag.
She recently was transferred from
Argentine registry.
The Rochester was anchored OIL
Staten Island before noon today. Six
tugs pulled her out from her pier last
night and officials of the company
had declared she had sailed. Later
report, however, suggested some trou-
bIe with the crew. The official eX.
planation was that the departure OF
4he Rochester had been delayed when
It was discovered there was no COOK
aboard. The company officials ad-
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Cold wave tonight. Local temp
Z p. M. 16; z a. M. Is.
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MAY WEAR
KHAKI UNIFORMS
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railways Is possibility, should the
brotherhoods reject the presidents
pleas. The railways would not op-
pose governme control, with a divi-
dend guarantee, such as England
adopted for the war. Shipping inter
ests in their closing brief, filed today
with the interstate commerce commits
sion, said such scheme would fur
nish the government hundreds Of mil
lions of dollars surplus annually.
Clifford Thorne, for the shippers,
pleaded for Standardization and cen
tralization of the carriers in the gov
ernment's hands.
The president is expected to sound
the brotherhood leaders on these gen.
eral proposals, as well as on their
wage demands He is understood to
be planning extensive treatment OF
war time transportation problems in
his coming message to congress.
Official circles displayed intense in.
terest in this afternoons conference
at the white house. A number OF rail-
way presidents and managers in the
city held themselves in readiness for
a call from the president in case he
desired further presentation of both
sides.