davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
ENOCH ARDEN
is BACK HOME,
After Eighteen Years Separation, Mr.
and Mrs. Ziensenhenne are Re-
united and Happy To-
qether

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. +
f. CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo, Aug. 10
William Ziensenhenne, modern Enoch
Arden, today was reunited with his,
wife and family, whom he had not,
seen for more than eighteen years.
Ziensenhenne left Denver yesterday
for Cripple Creek and finished the trip
with an eighteen mile night hike over
the mountains In a hail storm whent
his train was delayed by wreck.
Ziensenhenne whose memory was
destroyed by mine accident, and who
left his family here, recovered six
years ago. He learned that his wife;
had remarked.
Last Saturday in Chicago he learnedi
that his wife's second husband was
dead He started Immediately fori
Cripple Creek. s
Both Mr. and Mrs. Zfensenhenne de-,
MED that they will be remarked. OneI
ceremony is enough, they declared
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
typographical Union,

ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. 13.-The In.
ternational Typographical union in
convention here chose Quebec for the
1921 convention.
The monthly per capita tax for the
maintenance of the Union Printers
home in Colorado Springs, Colo, will
be increased from twenty to thirty
cents under an amendment to the
laws approved by the convention.
The report of the secretary-treas-
urer, also approved. showed the mem
bership to be 74,719. Total earnings
for the year ending May 81, last, the
report showed, were s32,130,O91, an
increase of 40 percent over the previ-
ous year. The organizations total
assets on July 81 last were s1,s66, ,9o3.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
STATE SENATE
HAS RATIFIED D.
Vote Of 25 to 4 in Tennessee
Upper House Today on
Federal Suffrage
Amendment.
NOW GOES TO HOUSE
Last lap Of Long Struggle for Women
Enfranchisement to be Run in
Nashville Next
Week
NOW GOES TO HOUSE

United Press Leased Wire Service ]
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 13.-The
state senate today approved the fed
eral suffrage amendment. The vote
was 25 to 4.
The ratification resolution now
goes to the house of representatives
where action is expected Tuesday, al
though a quicker vote may be had If
the house passes the ratifying resolu-
ton, it will provide the thirty-sixth
|state to ratify the amendment and in
sure the voting by all women in the
United States in the November cleo
tions.
The house has adjourned until Mon
day, so that no action is possible by
the lower body before Monday. The
resolution has not yet been reported
out of committee in the house. The
hardest fight on the resolution was
predicted in the house of representa-
itives.
The majority Was much larger than
had been expected AT the last mo
ment, several senator's climbed on
the wagon"
The victory in the Tennessee sem
late brings up to the last lap in The
long struggle for women enfranchise-
ment," said Miss Sue White, Tennes-
see state chairman of the national
woman's party.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
EDITORIAL
BY w. j. BRYAN
Says Cox Wants to Go Forward While
Harding Wants to Go Back to
Normal, But Both Are
Wet

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 13.-'Sena
tor Harding wants to go back to nor
mall Governor Cox wants to go for
ward" says William jennings Bryan
in a signed editorial in the August is.
sue of the Commoner-his own publ
cation.
The editorial claims to be an "in.
dependent discussion" of the accept
ance speeches of Cox and Harding
Mr.. Bryan devotes most of his
comment to discussion of the position
taken by the two candidates on the
treaty and liquor questions.
He regrets neither candidate took
a firm stand for dry plank or Vol
stead act Of enforcement He says
the stand taken by Governor Cox on
'the league of nations as framed in
Paris" is much more definite than
the association of nations" as advo-
Gated by Senator Harding.
In discussing the stand of the two
candidates on dry issue, Mr.. Bryan
says:
"On the liquor question, there is
ton taken by the two candidates.
Dull HOIu CuI duuIlAS uOpSS LUZ lIS
vets"
Referring to another topic, Mr.. Bry-
an continues:
There is an Interesting discussion
between the two candidates in which
each avoids the hrgunent ct the
other. Mr.. Harding eulogized party
distip guished from the
autocratic power OF the individual.
Governor Cox virtuously disclaims
any such worship of party and COM
mends the Independence Of the exc
cutive in following out his idea of
duty. Neither one presents the real
issue at this time, namely whether
the presumption lies with the ma
jority or minority"
The Commoner regrets the dead
lock of the senate on the treaty and
peace question, and maintains that
neither candidate has anything in
store for the future, other than mere
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
udit Of His Affairs Expected to Show That He
Owes Several Millions to Those Who
Invested With Him.
HELD BY GOVERNMENT AND STATE
harqed With Using Mails to Defraud, Re-
leased on Bail But Not Forsaken by His
Faithful Wife.

hited Press Leased Wire Service.
kOSTON. Mass, Aug. 13.-Charies
bzi whose net Of fifty percent in
ky-five days" enmeshed SO many
3tomers that he had to use bushel
Skets to hold their money, was
{ring the end of his rope today.
The self claimed financial wizard
at liberty on $4,000 bail--S25,00O
| the federal charge of using the
6ls TO defraud, and the other $4,000
state charge of larceny.
fhe report of the audit of his
ks was expected to be made pub
today. Forecasts were that the
ort would show Ponzi had forty
usand customers; that they "in-
ted as high as $14,000,000 in his
eme: that he repaid approximately
million before sthe doors OF the
hover Trust company were closed
that he still owes the remainder.
Federal officials declared that there
no question but what the savings
thousands were tied up in the
hi venture
)ank mmissioner Allen stuck to
statement that the capital Of the
hover Trust company was badly
Paired, if not wiped out" despite
|ials of officials.
,onzi declared today that he was
(py because his girl wife still pro-
Bed her love and faith in him.
POSE Ponzi. pretty. dark eyed
Jan girl, proved her love and
(h by the simple statement:
Pie is my husband.
|he is happy that the nerve trying
bin of the past few weeks is over.
|hough she loved the luxury their
y found wealth afforded, she said
would toll long and patiently TO
b her husband meet his obligations
she was confident he would pay
he owes.
litter his surrender to authorities
'terday, Ponzi rushed home to his
e. She was waiting for him on
lawn of their beautiful estate.
The worry and weariness that was
,wn on Ponzi's face disappeared
his wife slipped her arm about his
* and kissed him.
irs. Ponzi then informed her hus-
I'd that she married him with a
knowledge of his prison record
Atlanta and Montreal. She was
of her husbands record by his
ther when she and Ponzi became
aged.
irs. Ponzi declared her faith in
husband and said she is conf
i he is innocent Somehow, what
opened today makes me happy"
girl said. ut gives me the chance
show the world and Charlie that |
him; that nothing matters; that
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13

faith. He concludes the editorial with
a plea for a change in the constitu-
ton SO that a majority can ratify
Disappointed because neither can-
didate or convention inserted bone
dry plank into platform or acceptance
speech, Mr.. Bryan through the Com
moner is planning a fight against wet
candidates. The publication will send
query to every congressional cam
didate requesting. his position regard
ing enforcement of the Volstead actI
and attitude towards any attacks att
weakening any provision Of t-2 act.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
FIND BODIES
IN THE WOODS
Pretty Sixteen Year Old Girl and
Married Man Supposed TO
Have Ended Lives With
Bullets.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-Search
ing parties beating the Maryland
woods near here for traces Of prett!
sixteen year old Mary SneerinSer 0.
Maryland, found hel
body beside that of J. Ford Thomp
son, forty-nine. wealthy Washing
tonian. Both Thompson and the gir
had been shot through the head
Police believed they committed sui
eide Thompson, whose wife and
child live in Paris. had been ordered
by the girls relatives to cease pay
ing her attentions, because Of her
youth.
Tragic Romance.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 13.-The
fra gic romance of wealthy man OF
the world and a country miss was
unfolded here today through investi-
CATION of the deaths of J. Ford
Thompson and Mary Sneeringer.
While Washington police spread
drag net to catch Thompson on a
charge of abducting the girl, The
bodies of the forty-eight year old man
and the pretty sixteen year old girl
were found in the woods near En-
mitsburg, Md, not far from here.
Both had been shot through the head
and nearby lay two revolvers.
This ended a search which began
when the couple, after leaving the
Slagle hotel, in Emmitsburg. where
the girl was waitress, had failed TO
return from stroll. That was We'd
nesday night.
The girls aunt, who runs the hotel,
Mary's room, found notes
which vaguely limited at her going
away, but whether these notes re-
ferred to suicide or to plans for an
elopement with Thompson could not
be determined.
Thompson, rich and with nothing
to do, met the girl this spring when
he moved from Washington to Mary
land.
He often spoke to his friends abont
Mary, telling them of plans to edu-
cate her. The girl apparently return
ed his affections. But her relatives
objected to Thompson because of the
disparity in his age and Mary's and
also because Thompson was married.
His wife, some years ago, obtained
a legal separation from him. and now
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13

|, to begin negotiations Saturday, ac-I
cording to advices to the foreign
office this afternoon.
Negotiations at Minsk
[By A. L. Bradford, United Press Staff
Correspondent.l
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-The Poll
lislI armistice and peace delegation
will cross the front tomorrow morn
ing to meet soviet delegates to open
negotiations at Minsk, the Polish
legation here was advised today in
Ia cable from Foreign Minister
ISapieha, at Warsaw.
The Polish delegation is composed
Iof Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Dombski, Under Secretary Wrozlew-i
ski, and representatives Of the t.tetl
and military staff. Newspaper cor
respondents will be allowed to attend
the Minsk meeting. the advices
stated.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13

LERAND TO SUCCEED
Britain and France Diplomatieally
Negotiating in Effort to Smooth
Out Their Differ
| encea
by Henry Wood, United Press Staff
Correspondent

by Henry Wood, United Press Staff
Correspondent
PARIS, Aug. 13.-Resignation OF
President Deschanel, is imminent. as
a result Of Frances new and decisive
anti-bolshevik policy and the conse-
quent diplomatic misunderstanding
with Great Britain, it was reported
today in high political circles. In
such an event, it was considered like
ly that Premier Millerand would be
elected president, and M. BRAND ap-
poined premier.
The press today generally declared
recognition Of WrangeFs anti-bolshey-
IL government by France was mere
incident in the gradual divergence be-
tween the Russian policies OF France
and Great Britain. This divergence
has existed for months, the news
papers said, and has reached a point
where immediate reorganization OF
the entente cordiale upon new and
solid basis is necessary.
Britain and France today were dip
1omatically negotiating in an effort to
smoth out their differences with re-
gard to Russia. The foreign office let
it be known that the points under dis
cussion were the soviet peace terms
to Poland, which Britain advised the
Poles to accept and which France ad-
vised them to reject; the French re-
cognition OF Wrangel and whether it
was Justified and what is to be done
If the Minsk armistice parleys fail
to bring about cessation of hostillties.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
Battle Ragin Thirty Miles North of Warsaw,
With Polands Determined Troops Fight
ing With Desperation.
RESULT OF CLASH IS IN DOUBT
Polish Armistice Delegates Meet BolsheviEd
Commissary at Frcnt and Agree to Begin
Negotiations Tomorrow.

[United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
LONDON. Aug. 13.-Polish and boil
shevik armies have met in battle at a
point about thirty miles north Of War
saw and the result was still in doubt
when the last dispatches were filed
from the Polish capital
The Poles were offering bitter re-
sistance. repeatedly throwing the
Russians out of defenses where foot
hold had been gained, according to
advices from the front. Much Of the
fighting was hand to hand.
A considerable force of Poles was
being held back Of the lines as mo-
bile reserve, the staff fearing the
Russian attack on the north might be
feint.
Talk Peace Tomorrow.
PARIS. Aug. 13.--Po1ish armistice
delegates met the bolshevik commits
sary at the front today and agreed
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
PAINTING Elivver.

Los ANGELES, Calf, Aug. 13.-
Charles Descheneau, convicted OF at
tempted burglary may be given new
trial because of a "flvVer painting
Its way up hill made so much noise
jurors couldn't hear the courts IN
structions.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
Movie vamp Arrested.

DENVER, Colo, Aug. 1S.-F,ranls
GaIlaghe handsome vamp of local
movie concern, was being held FOR
embezzlement Police say Frank was
a society favorite in Kansas and that
the primrose path led to jail
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
France Has Same Views

cUnited Press Leased Wire Service I
PARIS, Aug. 13.-France today sent
a note to the United States declaring
that it holds the same views with
regard to Russia as were expressed
by President Wilson in his nelte 70
the Italian ambassador 4
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
Five Oays Per Week.

TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 13.-The'
Willys-Overland plant will be oper-
ated for five days a week as long as
present handicaps in the automobile
industry continue, Vice President
Clarence A. Earl has announced Pro-
duction will be maintained at 500 cars
daily Transportation difficulties are
proving a severe handicap, officials
said.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
AS to Pope,s Health.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ].
LONDON. Aug. 13.-News. of Pope
Benedict falling and hurting his Knee
aroused speculation in Lor,don As TO
the state of his health. fIt was re-
Gently rumored chatS}he Had suffered
IA SLIGHT stroke 0I narahsxis.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
Stubbed His Toe.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13.-Chris-
time Marie Detner in divorce com
pla int. charged her husband shook
her because she laughed when ne
stubbed his toe while preparing for
bed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
me Short and Snappy Items
Which Make News Wire
Sparkle.

pited Press Leased Wire Service ]
fHlcAGO, Aug. When prohi-
Ion agents raided a saloon, the
lers wife threw bottle on the
IS An operative tossed a sponge
.ne puddle. Result: Half a pint
I"evidence."
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
TABLOIDS
FROM FAR AND NEAR
Never Had a Doctor.

HIGHLAND, N. ", Aug. 13.-Mrs.
Lydia T. Lebarron, aged IL, refused
Ito permit neghbors to call a doctor
when she became i'll. She mad never
had one, she said.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
Pope InIures Knee.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
ROME. I Aug. 13.-Pope Benedict
fell slightly hurting a knee. while he
was in his library today, it was
learned at the vatican
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
Not Dangerously Wounded.

PARIS, Aug. 13.-Prime Minister
Venizelos, Of Greece, attacked by as
sassins here last night, is not danger
ously wounded, his physicians said
today. He was to be operated on for
removal of the bullet which lodged in
his shoulder blade.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
May Have Conference,

LONDON, Aug. 13.-Communica-
tions between Premier Lloyd-George
and Premier Millerand over the recog-
milton by France of Wrangels anti
bolshevik government were continuing
this afternoon, it was learned in off,
ciaI quarters. The general impress
ion was that the situation was easier,
but that week end conference be-
tween the premiers may be necessary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
House Adjourns.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. l3.-Ihe
house committee to which the resolu.
ton of ratification was referred has
decided not to make it's report until
after another meeting Monday night.
An effort was expected to be made,
however, to take the resolution from
the hands of the committee.
The house adjourned shortly before
noon until Monday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
Total Count Of People in Towns
With Gains Made in Ten
Years.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13-The CEN
sus bureau today announced the follow
ing 1870 nopulation results:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
CENSUS FIGURES ARE
ANNOUNCED BY BUREAU,
State of New Hampshire, 443,8SS.
Fort Dodge, Iowa, 19, 1873,
Abba, Iowa, 5,067.
Oskaloosa, Iowa, 9,427-
Increase Since 1910.

Increase Since 1910.
State of New Hampshire, 12,511, or
20 per cent.
Fort Dodge, Iowa, 9S, OF 20.
Oskaloosa, Iowa, decreased since
1910, SO or 0.04.
Population for Summit, Utah, coun-
ty, was given as 1868, Weston county.
Wyoming. 4,63l -
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13

been prosecuted" the girl declared
|"If he is allowed 10 do so. he viii
pay all his obligations"
Hundreds of Note Holders.
BOSTON, Mass, Aug. 13.-Charles
Ponzi, whose financial house built on
|shifting sands, tumbled. today receiv
ed a letter threatening his life, ne
told police officials.
The letter was written by a mar
who said he had been trailing Ponz
for twelve years. Police believed the
writer may have been one who suffer
led as Al result of Ponziis financial op
erations in Montreal just tweIve
years ago.
or the hundreds who came to Attor
new General Aliens Office today with
Ponzi notes, were many working girls
of from eighteen to twenty-five years
old. Most of them told officials tha3
they had invested every cent they nae
with Ponzi. All were worried. There
also were many youths, nervous ano
|awed by the quick developments in the
investigation.
An aged Jewish tailor, from Lynn
stood in line and wept Historically
He clutched in his worm hand note
for $1,000, which represented the say
ings of fifteen years Of toiling with
a needle. He was heartbroken.
A printer from the north end of the
city, showed note for $4,000, the saw
ings of years of toll, which he IN,
vested with Ponzi, instead OF build
ing a home, as he originally intended.
There we're many Italians in the
long lines at the attorney generais
Office, but the majority who came to.
day were native Americans, most OF
them factory girls, who had been
carried away by Ponzi's promise OF
riches in forty-five days.
Attorney General Allen was seek
ing to determine today whether Pom
zis agents are liable for the losses
of investors.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
Switch Of Letters

|nlCAGO. Aug. 13.--M Mayor Thomp-
received a letter signed Katherine
|fhey, Somerville, Mass, asking
husband and one from Arthur
lEhickey, st Louis, asking for a
j, lie ordered his secretary TO
Illch the letters and send 'em
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13
offered 100 Per Cent.
Hundreds Of Note Holders.

BOSTON, Mass, Aug. ia ire
mendous run began on the offices OF
the Old Colony Foreign Exchange
company here today. The company
recently organized, sought to out
Ponzi" by offering investors 100 per
cent profit on their money IN SIX
months.
Investors who are said to have
noured hundreds of dollars into the
new scheme, which began operations
when Ponzi suspended business sever
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13

L love him more than ever before"
"Of course he is innocent. He has
been prosecuted" the girl declared.
"If he is allowed 10 do so. he will
pay all his obligations"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13

rock Blasting Demonstration.
..,iclIEN. Wis, Aug. 13.-County
=. Wright wanted to hold a rock
mj demonstration. He chose
village cemetery.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13

Continued on page ~
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13

tCnntinued on nase q
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-13

Fair and Warmer. Local temp.
z p. m, II; 7 a. m, 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02
VIEWS OF READERS
ON DIR. CONWELL'S
SPIRIT VISITATIONS
TeIepathy or SpIrIts2
~ the Editor OF the Evenino Public Led

r., the Editor Of the Epenino Public Ledger:
Sir-There is no doubt but what
somc of our most intelligent men and
,Somen of today are investigating the
rbenomenon of spiritualisl~ Among
atbers who have had most wonderful
manifestations is the Rev. DR.. Conwell,
of Baptist Temple, Philadelphia.
The writer has made some investi-
cations on the subject for quite a few
Years back, but like the doctor, is still
|open minded on the subject.
Upon reading carefully DR.. Hudson's
book '"The Laws of Psychic Phenome-
ma. " one is at a loss to know whether
these visions are attributed to super.
natural powers or through the means of
the subjective mind. However, there is
In possibility that the doctor really saw
|tbe spirit of his wife, this being
trengthened by the fact that Mrs. Con-
well had passed away a number of
years ago, and under the conditions
here is question as to whether the
manifestation could be attributed to the
known science telepathy, as would be
Explained by DR.. Hudson, were he liv-
ng today.
BY referring to DR.. Hudson's book,
page 207, we read in part as follows:
Two COlleBe CHuIHS, TWO intimate
friends, had sworn to each other
THAT the first who died should appear
Ito the other to give him some news
about himself. Accordingly, the shade
| Of Despontaine appeared to Bezuel and
addressed him as follows: II agreed
with you that il l died first I should
come and tell you. l was drowned in
/ the Caen river the day before yesterday,
at this same hour, in company of such
and SUCH And he related the circum-
stances which caused his death. 1t was
| his very voice, says Bezucl. "He re-
5quested me, when his brother should
return, to tell him certain things to be
communicated to his father and mother.
HE gave me other commissions, then
bade me farewell and disappeared. 1
soon learned that everything he told
lime was too true, and / was able to
Iyerify some details that he had given.
In our conversation he refused to an
swer all the questions I put to him as
TO his actual situation, especially wheth
er he was in heaven, in hell or in pur :
satory. One would have said that he
did not hear me when put such cues,
tons, and he persisted in talking to me
of that which was upon his mind, about
bis brother, his family, or the circum-
stances which had preceded his death"