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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-27
CONFESSION OF SCOTT.

. TT. MADISON, Ia, May I, 1919.
. George Morris and came
9 from Hannibal 70 Keokuk on
= Tuesday. we stayed at Morris
y house on Tuesday night. We'd
= nesday afternoon / went to In
= mans store with Morris. The
. old man was standing in front
= OF the store when we got there.
. We told him that We wanted TO
= buy some things. He walked
o into the store. and we followed
= him In.
q We priced some stuff. We had
. no argument or trouble with
. him at all. No one else was In
q the store while we were there.
g The old man was standing be-
q hind the counter near the cash
. register. ! heard Morris tell
= the old man to put UP his hands.
= The old man sort OF backed
q away from Morris and Morris
y shot him. / then went behind
y the counter and got into the
g cash register and took about
@ five dollars in silver out OF It.
e We then ran 10 the front door
. and down into the woods. The
= gun that Morris used belonged
& TO nee. ! got 1t from my brother
Q in Des Moines, Iowa. II was
q Smith &, Wesson 38-caliber.
. Just before we went UP to
. Inman's store. Morris and !
e talked fl over and agreed to go
q and stick the old man up.
. Morris was carrying my gun
q and / was carrying little %
y caIiber gun. After the old man
q was shot, Morris took a pocket
= book from his pocket. He open
o ed IT down in the woods and
q there was roll of bills In it.
q lSigned)
- WILLIAM (X) SCOTT.
. witnesses: CHS mark
q 3. r. Skyles.
y J. J. Datin.
y IT.. Paul Morgan.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-27
FOUR BIRTHDAYS
IN ONE PARTY
The Persons We're All Born on the
Same Day Of the Year and
Veterans of Civil War
CalnhraA.

1t happens that D. A. Callahan
Jonathan Chandler. II. w, Rohker
and Mrs. Layina Stoddard all had a
birthday on Sunday They combined
IN big party to celebrate the event
at the home OF Andrew callahan,
227 South First street
some old friends, members OF tbe
y. A. r., and their wives. and some
ladies' Of the @. A. r. circle. were
the guests. About thirty sat down AT
TWO loaded tables prettiIy decorated
me party sang old army songs and
remihisced about the other war we
had sixty years ago, and an greatly
enjoyed the birthday celebratlon IN
honor of the four. 1'''" IN
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-27
Ten Years in Prison.

limited Press Leased wire oei 81 ~ :.
DIES MONIES, Iowa, May a. {,
Fred Thomas pleaded guiity md
charge OF breaking and entering IN
was sentenced to serve ten yea Modt
the state penitentiary at Fort - ds
son by Judge Joseph E. Meyer -
trit court Tuesday. ,.obbers
Thomas was one OF three Tssr,t
who broke into store mere ., rur
arv 81 His two partners, I'D e ear
ningham and Joe Sheiiens nolce
killed in pistol battie WI"
while attempting escape.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-27
Duncan ScheIl Furniture Co.
Grass Rugs Porch FURNITURE
These New May Victor Records
Invite You To Dance

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chcne-Medley TTot Joseph @ Smiths Orchestra
TIE numbers from sometime" by Rudolph The
Tune You Can't Amy Kind Of Man" and Keep sn
ne hand sets hem or cy1abas whistles
the az9ng Of an eneprlsing iT9nRons rhs seooae @
IRE" by Percy wenreh with novel
introduction Of pianos paed by Hugo Frey and
is already full Of pep
1s5ss-foInoh-List rice
ights-onestep waIdorfAsora Dance Orchestra
Sand DuBes-one-step Nicholas oriandos orehe6fa
There is nothing with in # make
you Arabian Nights By M David and William
wild; into your blood in way possible
ony with the clash of
eba and ne hanning song Of rlons sand Dunes a by
than this kind
And hey sure have SAND f. % ano 1on foss 1ss he
Orchestra, fresh from Broadway for
1s5ss-1oInch-List
ner.sccy Dream wattz Orchestra
yssyet lady-Medley Orandos Orchestra
-zeuohy Dream R onivas. all
after the record stops Vic
Herberts latest The Velvet Lady Is as prolific OF
the medley Life and Lore
Bubbles ~ogtust the that hit when
- w. 1sss4-1cIneb-LLt
madeion-onesteD March Victor Military Band
Msrehe Franesse Military Band =
Madelon" what Tip
perary" Tommy the beginnings CHEEKY
forget the horrors tycay ghtne
daring and aan So 9ss does e come to Frsnoa nature an
refrain In the French language Dancers wiz
title m Be True 70 The Regiment
ton Mdeon The words by Louis Bou
ouet the music by by
D. W. Reeves principal
melody effectively presented and is
upted spirit national anthem Of France always e1cites
Many Interesting Vocal Records This Month
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-27
he dies-unless he is found too late to

he dies unless he is found too late to
be clearly innocent.
The procedure is. that an applica.
ticn for pardon goes to the state
board for investigation as sort OF
court.
II this board approves ii, then II
goes to the governor who may do as
he pleases about issuing pardon.
Very few men have ever been par.
doned for first degree murder in the
history Of the state of Iowa.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-27

victors which will take place next
week. The whole church school has
taken a great interest in this con-
test. and has worked to help both
sides.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-27
NO PAPER MEMORIAL DAY.

Following the usual custom there
win be 10 issue of The Daily Gate
City Friday-Memorfal day. Merch-
ants shoul1 arrange their advertising
accordingly. ~
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-27
Releaaed on st,Ooo Bond.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
LAKE CITY, Iowa, May 27.-Alex'
ander Nelson, so, has been bound
over to the grand jury on charge
OF committing social crime on a
14-year-old girl. He was released on
81 900 bond.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-27
corner Of Thirteenth and t u nSa
streets. The price was about w
as shown by the revenue stamps
NOTICE M. w. A

At the regular meeting Wedhea uiil
night, May 2Sth, referendum Vot1 :. /,
|. be taken on increase in rates: - Voc
imperative that all members De pi''
ent ,>- y r
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-27
AZ the chancee Arc.

As the Chances Are.
IF had to bet money, j would pct
that with both men pleading not
entity and tried, both would get life
sentences at the end Of a year or two
os court trials, appeals and the like,
mostly up at Keosauqua, which would
he bother for all concerned, not TO
speak Of the expenge.
"T.ne court had to appoint an attor-
ney for them, and he gets $25 day
when In court, by statute. II looks
like he. is the only one to profit by a
plea Of not guilty and trials. and he
has caused his clients 10 plead guilty
al a cost 10 himself Of couple OF
thousand dollars probably, we must do
him the Justice of noting.
Il am told the Inman family are
Satisfied with sentences for life in the
nenitentiary. All in all, the action in
rhe district court this morning seems
the only sensible thing 10 do"
Pardon Practically Impossible.
The governor can not pardon man
aentenced for first degree murder,
and the Iowa law makes It particu-
larly difficult for man so sentenced
q. get out OF the penitentary before
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-27
Their Confessions Enough.

Only one witness was placed on the
stand. Chief Of Police Hennernan was
shown the signed confessions made oy
10th prisoners and testified that they
were the voluntary confessions Of the
r3urderers, signed in his presence.
Scott continued to maintain
suHen attitude and sat in his chair
ard leaned forward with his chin rest
ing on his hand and watched me
Judge intently.
Morris, who is the younger OF the
two, who admits firing the fatal shot,
was just trifle nervous, but was not
in the least affected as he was at the
previous appearance at which they
pleaded not guilty.
The parents OF Morris who were
present at previous hearings were not
present this morning. SCOTS parents
and his sister were in TIE court room,
sitting in the back row df seats They
followed the proceedings closely.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-27
To BE Sentenced Thursday.

Judge Hamilton announced that
sentence would be passed upon the
self-confessed murderers Thursday
morning at II o'clock.
The plea OF guilty removes the
necessity for jury trial. There are
many who would have preferred that
the negroes be tried, hut 1t is doubtful
IL they would have received more than
a life sentence which viii be the prob
able sentence imposed by the Judge.
Il have made no promise whatever !,
said Judge Hamilton TO The Gate City
after the court session. But nobody
ever heard OF a fudge giving death
senteuce after a plea Of guilty, and
Judge Hamilton is not expected TO
break the rule Of century or so
. Morris, who admits firing the shot,
claims to be only sixteen years old. he
appears older, but il is thought that
he is not over eighteen or nineteen
and 1t is evident that he is OF yerg
low grade Of mentality. Under these
circumstances It is thought that a
Jury would not impose the death PEN
atty.
Scott, who fs older and who is really
the one who planned the robbery OF
the grocery, did not actually fire the
SHOT. That fact would make II diff
cult to give him the extreme penalty.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-27
Morris and Scott Withdraw
Former Plea in the District
Court and Will be Sent
cnced Thursday.
ONE MONTH AFTER CRIME
Their Confessions are Gwen
Out for First Time When
Identified by Chief OF
Police ON Stand.

The rnurderers Of Harry inHan VIII
be sentenced just one month after
they committed the crime in upper
Sicndcau street.
When George Morris and Wiillarn
Scott appeared in the district court
this morning 10 withdraw their Pleas
of not guilty and enter pleas Of guilty
10 the charge OF first degree murder.
they appeared TO have resigned them
selves 10 their fate with no furlaef
evidence of concern
The entire procedure did not re-
,,quire more than ten minutes
Their attorney, Frank N. Ballinger,
announced that his clients wished TO
plead guilty. AS the question was put
TO them individually by Judge Hanll-
ton they both answered the affirfna-
tive in a clear distinct tone. They ap-
Darently were no longer greatly con-
cerned about their fate and wished TO
rave fl over.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-27

case he ought to have the worst pun
ighment, II looks Ike.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-27
The Way the Courts work

The whole problem was figured out
this morning by Reokuk lawyer OF
very much criminal and court exper-
lfence. who said he wants both negroes
to be hanged He has no connection
with the cases of these mnrderers. He
said:
zach man is entitled to separate
trial az right which can not De-
denied. Their attorney says he would
take a change Of venue and this al
most goes without saying anyhow. The
Trial OF each would probably go 70
Ikeosauqua.
III ia very doubtful whether jury
l,;n there would hang the men-and
anywhere IL ia difficult these days to
get twelve men 10 unanimously agree
n hang, defendant, not 10 speak OF
the chances there two negroes have
", apneal to the reasonable sympathy
Of the fury on account OF their men
tally.
trials is this:
The Way Of the JurIee.
"gt is a fifty-fifty proposition al
vsys what Jury will do. IL is per
haps an even bet that y Jury wonld
h,ng Morris, and another even bet
tbat another jury would hang Scott.
believe the chances are against
hanging either, but that puts the best
possible face on IT.
1T is therefore "a two TO one bet
that both turies will not hang both
men. If they hang one. IT rs even odds
that they hang the wrong man-~that
one fury will, while another jury gives
The other man life sentence,
And which is the right one TO
hang? II looks like Morris. who fired
the shot, on It's face, but really Scott
h said 10 be the dominant mind that
cot Morris into the scrape, In which
The labor world., 1919-10-11

Henry Thoreau, Theodore Parker,
Thomas Wentworth aigginson, and
others, raised money for his exploits,
and risked their social positions in
supporting and defending him. -
Yet what are the cold facts?
Historians are now virtually agreed
that John Brown was an ignorant IA
natic of the crudest, most irrational
type.
+. When we look back on the period
preceding the Civil War. it is plain
that, the chief need Of that day was
calm. dispassionate breadth and toler-
ance. The war was plainly inevitable,
but only because the passions of both
sides were aroused to an unquench-
able height. Problems were not in
soluble, but issues could have been
met only by rational, fair -mided men,
and men of this type were flouted by
abolitionists and southerners alike.
John Brown, in the fierce Kansas
struggle, not only did nothing to calm
the turmoil, but added fuel to the
flame by atrocities no less horrible
than those of which the slave sympa-
thizers were guilty..
That he led a party in Kansas, even
after the chief conflict there was over,
which massacred five men at Potta-
| watomie, is undisputed even by his
! adniring biographer, Sanborn.
/ The effect Of his efforts to get the
slaves to rise, and his attack on the
The labor world., 1919-10-11
SHOP men MAKE
GOOD CONTRACT
WITH UNCLE SAM
While Steel Trust Fights Union
Labor Government Makes
Peace with Labor,

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-Whi1e the
steel trust and other anti-union en-
ployers are attempting to hold back
the tides Of time the United States
railroad administration has signed a
national agreement with the railway
employees department of the A. F. of
L., in which hours of labor, working
conditions and rates of pay are pro-
vided for the 100000 railroad shop
men on all roads under government
operation.
The interested unions are the inter-
national organizations Of machinists,
boiler makers, sheet metal workers,
blacksmiths, electrical workers and
railway carmen.
The agreement recognizes the right
of the A. F. of L. affiliates to repre-
sent and negotiate for their respective
groups. The following are some of
the important principles established: {:
Eight-hour day. with extra pay for
overtime.
Abolition Of piece work, bonus and
premium systems.
Personal injury cases may be
handled by committees or representa-
ances are handled.
Rules for the handling of grievances
through committees with railroad Of
ficials.
Craft point seniority established and
definite avenue Of promotion out
lined.
Rates of pay retroactive to May I,
1919, and 80 days clause for amend
ing the agreement. ... ~.
Where a shop man is engaged out
side the shop. he shall receive his
standard pay. Formerly, IT, ma
| chinist, for instance, was employed in
signal maintenance he received les
| ser rate, but the agreement provides
that a machinist is a machinist re-
! gardless of where he does machinist
work.
Acting President Jewell of the rail-
! way shop employees department
states that this is the first national
! agreement ever secured by any labor
| organization or group of labor organ
| izations in this country. He shows
that all other agreements secured by
trade unions have applied to divisions
or sections of the country and that
the present agreement is the result
| of a. development Of national fedora
/ ton, starting with craft unions in the
! various shops, then shop federatfons
and then railroad system federations.
These federations are now formed in
to four geographical divisions and arc
represented by the railroad employees
department of the A. F. of L.
The labor world., 1919-10-11
STOP P|CkETINC
WITH ORDINANCE
indianapolis Council, at Request
Of Theater Owner, Enacts
DraStiCe Measure,
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. ct.>9.-The city

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. >9.-The city
council has passed an ordinance
which prohibits picketing in any form.
The measure was introduced by a
councilman who owns a moving pic
ture house. He said that during a.
recent strike at his place the police
were powerless under existing laws
to stop the motion picture operators
from maintaining pickets. Under the
ordinance a fine of not less than SO
or more than $500 or a 60 days inn
prisonment is provided. 1t is stated
that at a meeting of employers of
this city the proposal was approved.
That night the mayor issued a call
for special meeting of the common
council, and he refused to veto the
ordinance on the request of organ
lied labor. who objected to the
rush" tactics of the anti-picketers.
The mayor is not troubling 'nself
about any rights of the workers,
which the ordinance denies, but
waves aside all protests with the
claim that the only objectors are "a
small minority of trouble makers"
Organized labor announces that it
will carry the ordinance to the courts
The labor world., 1919-10-11

arsenal at Harper's Ferry gave the
south the proof it desired-that the
people of the north would stop at
nothing in their >cnmity Enough spi-
rits in the north lauded John Brown
to give added color to this belief. One
of these said that the sermon he
preached after Browns execution
exalted him to the right hand of
Cod" Forty-four years later the same
man confessed that reading his
(Brown's) career by the light of sub
sequent history, I am convinced that
few men ever wrought such evil"
Causes Of the Civil War;. e.
Chadwick, in Harper's History of the
American Nation.)
It is hard to discuss the final. fatal
! chapter in John Browns career judi
cially. The Harper's Ferry attempt
was so utterly irrational, foolhardy
| and childish. There was no more
basis of fact in Browns dream that
| the slaves would rise and flock to his
! standard than in the halucinations Of
any maniac. The most patent facts Of
! geography, of slave psychology, Of
| practical publicity, would all make it
| utterly incredible that the insurrec-
| tion planned could prove success.
Yet it was for such an impossible
undertaking that John Brown. risked
| his owp~life and that of his followers.
It was for such a will-of- the-wisp
| that the visionary enthusiasts OF New
The labor world., 1919-10-11

Exodus Of Foreigners From
United States Only Normal,
Says immigration Head.

WASHINGTON Oct. 9.-The hys-
terra that existed in the minds Of
many bankers and employers Of cheap
labor just after the signing of the
armistice, caused by wide circulation
Of story that millions Of foreigners
would Immediately leave their homes
and take with them about five billion
of their savings, is not verified by the
report just issued by Commissioner
General of immigration Caminetti.
His statement shows that only 102.513
foreigners have left the United States
since the armistics was signed and
a total Of only 1882 during the
~ months ended June 80, 1919.
For the five years ended June 80,
1919, 618,225 emigrants departed, as
compared with 1,172,679 immigrant
arrivals for the same period, the state
ment points out, an excess Of arrivals
over departures of 554,456.
"Rumors that i, 500 900: foreign res
idents were preparing to leave for
their native countries, taking with
them $4,000, ,00o,0 900, have disturbed
this country" the statement says.
"The exodus is perfectly natural,
and, as Is usual in normal times, many
will return"
The labor world., 1919-10-11
BY Militia TUPPER MAYNARD.
Extremists ALWAYS quote history.

Extremists always quote history.
They say, Look at John Brown!
Did he wait to ask what was the
practical, opportune time to striker"
Think of William Lloyd Garrison,
and the Liberator. vowing' that there
could be no compromise"
Remember the French revolu-
ton! Was the rose-water for the
plague?"
All right. let us look at some Of
these historic situations. Let US ad-
NIT at once that they all have in them
thrills in abundance. Heroic spirits
make the blood leap in the veins. The
thought of their fearlessness makes
the heart beat fast.
In the light of history, however,
what we really want to know is
whether or not any given case of hero
ism brought results: whether. when
the individual had accomplished his
dramatic act, the world was perma-
nent!y the better because of that deed.
Taking one incident at time, let
us consider John Brown.
Here is a picturesque, courageous
figure. The biographers Of the most
brilliant men in the New England
group of poets, prophets and philoso-
piers enlarge upon the aid rendered
to John Brown by these highly re-
spected ones as one of the services
for which they should be honored.
The labor world., 1919-10-11
TRUST, Police, papers and
SOLDIERS FAIL TO MOVE Men
In Spite Of News Reports Steel Mills Are Still Tied up More
Than $4,000 Men On Strike; Judge Gary Camoages Issue
On Open Shop; Foster Endorsed By Samuel Gompers.

How the steel strikef Read the daily will think
that its all that the steel barons
industry pehed For the past ten days the
Press has been carrying stories to the effect that the
strikers returning the mills by the thousands
returned day the reported the mills would bs
running full blast. =
But they not running full blast Indeed they barely
along All the Of the the police
and the has been able crush the STRIKE It admitted
that few have back work. but claimed by the
strike committee that than enough
make for the losses otherwise
Foreign Born Workers Stand Pat.
The steel heraded through the Sunday last that
all the mills would Monday morning Monday evening
the committee reported from Pittsburgh that than 10000
still and coming day. Agents been
the dshearten
to be determined to remain out the Americans
The executive board Of the American Federation Of Labor
this week Washington attending the board meetings
the presidents of the "a unions affected by the STRIKE and sece
leaders that the strike is already
Judge Gary Of the United States Steel corporation before the
committee last Thursday made much of the steel trusts
attitude the socaed open shop He attempted lead the
me believe that the big trust making fight against the
Judge Gary that there such thing the open shop
The labor world., 1919-10-11

kept fair minded tolerant attitude,
the slaves might have been: freed in
some other way. TO slaughter the
very cream Of the young manhood Of
Americas most sturdy generation is
certainly. not a method to be glori-
fed. The Civil War was necessary,
but only because the prejudice, the
bitterness, the; passion Of peoples
made it necessary.
Shall history continue to run in
bloody channels in order that cour-
ageous heroes may indulge: in Wild
eyed, impossible deeds, resulting only
in added hatred and fury?
Human life and welfare are too
sacred to be sacrificed in order that
Conditions today require the utter
most service Of everyone who loves
his kind. The responsibilities and the
problems Of labor are utterly without
limit. Each must do his part. But
the effective help, the truly great
service today will be rendered by the
one with the clearest vision and the
calmest heart.
We do not want dead martyrs. but
living workers Fine emotions must
give place to clear-cut thinking Pro-
gress can. come best by an evolution
with eyes in the forehead t.....s. j: -. =.
Great issues are joined; great goals
are to be won. Shall we strive with
madness Or with sanity? -. S'..' S.. 1 +,