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913 ^TpAPett THAT ObO#T8 KGO- THt KUK ALL THg TIME. rMcr|b.r« of The Dally Oat* City f^Vrved the fall LNMd Wlr. 8erv of the UnlUd Pf«M AMoeHtlow. VOL. 117. NO. 127 IS COMPLETE the federal Forces Are Badly Defeated and in Disorderly Retreat Prom the Battlefield. GENERAL VILLA (founded Officers Brought to Juarez Confirm the Report of the Execution of Federals? Prisoners, J' |{United Press Leased Wire Service.] I EL PASO, Texas, Nov. 26.—That the, .... Lire federal force Which opposed bis] *n (inny along a twenty mile batUe front, I •fifteen miles south of Juarez is now in ^er 1, disorderly retreat was the (despatch sent early tofay to Colonel ^eek §Jum Medina, Jete D* Armas at mrez "ere* [He asserts that the victor rf the reb-j leli has been complete and' that Ikave captured several hundred prin ters. Wounded officers brought to Juarez1 tain is and what this government• may expect from him if !he finally tofprMenTdiDlo^a^0'WmtfCoihn Advices from Mexico City today say that the Huerta regime is des perately endeavoring to raise money. We army is threatening revolt. The reports of Villa's successes at Juarez are leaking out, despite the strictest kind of censorship and the soldiers of Blanquet's command are declared «iese demands Huerta is trying to f°r0ecapital.Ioa".fr^-the ,r„, There is no plan completed for ac tum after Huerta is eliminated. Ail hough pressed from various foreign sources to answer the quieation: "tar Huerta?"—the president and ecretary Bryan .decline to aiswer. e|r position is that the problem tow he met one step at a time and «»t plans made today would protably Wove useless a week fr itt now. Carranaa would ha,ve received a nominal nomination (Continued on page 2.) But He Neglected to State Whether Such a Plan Was Legal or Illegal. tUnited Press Leased Wire Service.] CHIQAGO, NOV. one trU8t ln r-fe from the front confirm the reports re- _|f. _. Ieelved late yesterday that Villa has [teen executing federal prisoners of war by the wholesale. Some of these ray that eighty federal officers "7ere! I ordered shot Qn the battle field and! [that orders were Bummarily carriedr out. It is not known whether this! number is exaggerated. I Accord ingto Villa: the rebels havej taken three of the seven trains which brought the federals and all of their cannpn and light field pieces have fall en intp Constitutionalists hands. Dubious. Times. WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 Ithis wjw LEADERS SAY "FRAME UP Deny That Man Who Killed George Belcher is a Mem ber of the United, Miners. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] TRINIDAD, Colo., Nov. 26.—Leaders of the United Miners In charge of the Southern Colorado coal strike today characterized as a "frame up" the statement made by Louis ZancaneUi a miner, that he billed Geo. Belcher, chief of the Baldwln-Feltz mine guards at the instigation of union officials,. ZancaneUi asserted Organizer Mc Garry of the miners union gave him $100 and offered him $1,000 more it he would kill Belcher and Walter Belk, another Baldwin detective. Union officials deny ZancaneUi Is a union man or was ever in the union headquarters here. He says he was con- unlo» m«blleB Two Friday flirect^from his asa^ioiis json terences with Carranza at Xogalea. And for the -flrfet time ss soon1 as he [arrives President Wilson Win lirarn fat first hand just what manner otf man the Mexican revolutionary chlef- ]nJured. )ur#were Headquarters for tnree bef°r® oar* bfnkers. the His success is proble matic. Because ot this, the state de partment firmly believes thait the days of the present regime are numbered Md has calmly settled) down to wait in silence. °f Belcher, beef claim! [made by General Pancho ila in a ln charge mine ^ds since the beginning of the 8tri*e- He was shot from they! FOUR KILLED behind last as he st00(1 on th« mala waa the street AND ONE DYING a S in a a Flfty or 8'xty Mi,M Per 0 r' [United Press Leased Wire Service.] 8 NEW YORK, Nov. M.-Four per-! V°\ ihe aZ!SUet nl*ht S°in& between ft'ty »n* sixty an hour along Pelham Park- way. The aocident occurred shortly after midnight and persons in a doz en other machines saw the speeding cars come together. W0®en in the oar of ^1WT.. «„.—! wil- "^°nar^ Oo^n who were k-'lled, had sons why the condemned woman liftjn 'Bayard Hale- is expect^! to' re»«hl tPtoy^Cahn ^should be given another hearing, and city tomorrow or: Friday. HeJ F. ^Denny, so confident are thoe's working in her aasemWyma.4 frgiji ,the, niptti djftTli al»ov in the 'CoftEr-tSfltf,' and killed. Jerry Mahonsy. chauffeur of the Morris oar, badly cut. to be demanding that they get th' ir, both turned out to pass other cars teck pay without delay. To meet They Must Sit in the Box Hearing the SVjn Wroehlppers' Trial. [United' Press Leased Wire Service.] OH1ICAGO, Nov. 26.—Jurors in the trial of Ottoman Zar Aduihl Hannis, leader ot the Mazdiaznan cult of sun worshippers, under indictment far sending improper literature by ex press heaved silent sighs of protest tortuy when they learned that th°y must spend Thanksgiving day in the federal court, listening to more pages if he shall lead from "inner studies," the "bible" of victorious army Into Mexico City, the sun worshippers, and the book wt It can toe -stated as a positive' complained of by the government, act that his regime will receive no' ""We recognition than has been ac corded Huerta until' he permits a eai election of a president, vice pres. "fcat and congress who will be rep resentatives of the people. Thirty Persons Drowned. [United1 Press Leased Wire Service.] HONG KONG, Nov. 26.—Thirty persons were drowned in the harbor here tMs afternoon when the Japa nese steamship Soshu Maru rammel and sunk a Chinese passenger launch. VAIL MADE A PROPOSITION TO INDEPENDENT LINES tatives were said to have prdrosed a merger of the Independent and Bell Hnes. Robinson restponding to a question, said President Vail of the A. T. and T. Co., did* not declare any Intention of violating the law when he made the proposal to the Independent. .. 26.—Counsel for Neither did Vail say suoh' merger American Telegraph and Te'©- would be within the law, he said. Co, occupied the forenoon ses-1 Robinson said that Attorney Rc-b on today in the hearing In the gov-1 ert» of Ms company had advised him rnnjent suit against the company as] that Minnesota laws would not per wl€ged cross examining mit the Tri-state company to pattici- Rclbltison, president of th® Trl-'j pate ln the kind of a meager propos wate Xalephone Co., of 9L Paul aatfj ed by President Vail. The Cohn m«c(hlne crashed Into the car of W. L. Morris, a lawyer. Morris and three others in the ma chine thrown: out and seriously diately and with the increasing oonfl only dne In that mutatlon of will Sue machine to escape *eath. He was! in abeyance. pinned against the steering wheel but! The work of circulating petitions escaped with a few minor cuts and will be kept up, however and no stone bruises. The ethers Injured are: Bertram Rlrh, internal Injuries. Miss Stella Nelson, skull fractured, will die. The machines tcame together when on the Parkway. CHICAGO JURORS HEAVE SILENT SIGHS Minneapolis, who testifying ifor the government told of the meeting of independents at which Be'.l rep-esfn- for a moment at the crest and turned FOR REEDOM Being Made in Behalf of Mrs. Wakefield by the Women of New Haven. THE WOMEN ARE ACTIVE In Circulating Petition* and Other Movements Being Made In Behalf of the Accused. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 26.—The investigation into the case of Mrs Bessie Wakefield now under' sentence of death on the charge of having been implicated in the murder of her hus band by James Plew had reached such a stage today that the women of Con necticut working in the young woman's, behalf, saw their chanceB of saving Mrs. Wakefield instead of the one to new It is the women of the state who have beein back of the movement to ap-, peal to the board of pardons Immo dence that anew trial may be granted. Richard Rogers, chauffeur of. the the movement looking toward a om- lake ward which their efforts have been di rected. It was first thought that the "woman who never had a chance" might, I S. light ship No. 82. The light ship through her ignorance and lack of with her crew of six were lost off self-will, have been lead to have a part! Point Abino in the gale three weeks in the planning of the murder by: ago. greate8j I doubt however, as to whether she had any knowledge of Plew's intentions the of the killing. Mrs. Wakefield ha8 declared interview that it was not until after the murdtr that Plow took her into his confidence. Thomas F. Devine, attorney for Mrs Wakefield has all but completed the appeal which he will submit to the us- .behalf that the appe&l will, ba granted, ^S'iS^riiiLr not %e &tkM 1gf6re $0® board of pardons in December. the sentence may be held will be left unturned to save the unfor tunate woman. Should the motion for a new trial pardons will then be made. Governor Baldwin has the power to ca'i a special meeting of the board at any time and the women are confident the public sentiment would compel the executive to hear their appeal without delay. Instead of a single appeal to the boar^ of pardons for mercy, the women of the state now see their three chances of saving Mrs. Wake field—a new trial, the board of par dons and in executive clemency. There is —e greatest confidence that either the newy trial or the appeal to the pardon board will bring results, but^ should the sentence against Mrs.' Wakefield still stand after the appeals •have been made the women are confi dent the sentiment that has been' be denied the appeal to the board of change has been slight ln the west, ^ere arousd will lead Governor Baldwin to|tlonary exercise his power toward saving thej condemned woman. THE MOVIE MAN WAS NOT THERE Was the Regret of a Chicago Young Woman vyho Had Just Been [United Press Leased Wire Service.] CHICAGO, Nov. 26.—Miss Mary Scheran, rescued from the Chicago river, after a thrilling automobile plunge, today laughed at her narrow escape from death and said she was only sorry that the "movie" man had not been around. Frank Williams, her companion, failed to note that a "Jack knife bridge" had been raised to permit passage of a tug. The auto speeded I up the rising leaf of the bridge, hung a somersault into the river forty feet! below. The crew of the tug dragged the couple from the water. I KEOKUK, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 26, '13 KILLED THE WRONG MAN Gossip Responsible for Death of James Hollifield in the Carter Tragedy. $ [United Press Ledfeed Abervice.] iCAiN-SAa CITY, Mo.,,7 A 20.—How R. J. Carter kUled th? Cong man in."i was T^,io IS Black Cat Editor Dead. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] PORTLAND, Maine, Nov. 26.—Her man D., Umibetaetter, founder and edi tor ot the Bladk Cat magazine, Is! dead, from a bullet wounC inflicted by} the accidental discharge of his rifle I while hunting near his country tate. Jaidk London Is among the liteiary discoveries of Uraiwitaetter, while many other prominent writers receiv ed their first "lilt" from him. 3J: 94 wife body of ^Hollifield died *'aret's hospital fllcted by Car- avenging an insult tj told at the inquest James Hollifield yesterday at St. from knife woun' ter a week before. In answer to questions asked by J. K. Ward, assistant prosecutor, it de veloped that Hollifield ^.was not the man who insulted Mrs. Carter, but that through gossip Carter confused the names. When Carter heard the testi mony he wept. He refused to testify and went to Wyandotte county jail. He will face a charge of first degree murder. Grappling for the Lost, [United Press Leased Wire Service.] BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov. 26.— Launches and tugs were pressed into serv'ce by officers of the United States survey from Detroit today when they began to drag Lake Erie be tween here and Stugeon Point with grappling hooks for trace of the U. THE WEATHER. For Keokuk and vicinity: Unsettled weather tonight and Thursday with poBslfcfly showera tonight. Not much change in temperature. Moderate variable winds. preme court of errors requesting a' night and Thursday. Probably show ers north and central portion. Not much change in temperature. Mcd rate variable winds. trial. Devine will cite twenty rea, For Illinois: Unsettled1 weather to- For Iowa: Unsettfed weather to night and Thursday. Protogtoly al^ow 'fers 'extreme ea^t pbrtloii' tonight.! Somewhat lower temperature west' and central portions. (Moderate vari-) aible winds, .-a.-- & Weather Conditions, -r," The weather is unsettled and Inost- tion tonight and Thursday, with little change in temperature. «7 ir ly cloudy in all districts this morning, P®ramtne, the entire plant was con wih the pressure generally low: sumaed. The shops were the largest throughout the west, and there has and freezing temperature is confined ^h® recent storm whl'ch swept the to the northern plains states. great lakes region, the company's 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 Rain or. River Forecast. The rlver wlu Local Observations. Nov. Bar. Ther. Wind W'th'r 25 7' p.' —--30.11 50 S Cl'dy! 26 7 a. m. 30.11 48 S Cl'dy Rainfall for the past 24 hours, .OS. River above low water of 1864, 3 feet. I Change In 34 hours, rise 4 tenths. Mean temperature 2»th, 50. I jo west temperature, 43. Htghest temperature, 57. Lowest temperature last n'ght, 46. FRED Z. GOSEWI'SCH, OfossTv-er. &•# KEOKUK From the Keokuk_ Industrial As sociation booklet. r\TUSTRIA(Ij TRACT—Tlie Mis sissippi River Power Company has purchased a large tract of land' for an industrial district. It will ihe connected by a belt lins with all railroads entering Keokuk. The Keokuk Industrial Associa tion is now developing an indus trial district under the ('ireclion of John Nolen of Cimbrilpe, Massachusetts, the countr 's Tore most expert 011 civic and indus trial extension. Ample housing facilities for factoiy employes are a part ot the plan now under de velopment. III IOWA TODAY Gravel Train and Passenger Train on the Milwaukee Road Have Collision Early Today. SEVERAL ARE INJURED Both Engines Were Wrecked and Bag gage Car and Smoker Went Into the Ditch. [United' Press Leased Wire Service.] D12S MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 26.—Sev eral people -were injured, one fataUy, when a passenger train and a gravel train on the Milwaukee road collided head-on near Jefferson, north.of here early today. Both engines, were wrecked and the bag&age.car and smoker of the passenger went into the ditch. The more seriously injured: .. Andty (MLaughlin, De» Moinea, con ductor of passenger train, seriou3. W. W. Clark, Des MoineB, baggage man, ribs broken, internal injuries, will die. Miss Jessie Stevenson, Jefferson, badly bruised. The englnemen of both engines were slightly injured. Railroad offl .sials say the orew of the gravel train is to blame because it did not take!wonderful a siding at Rlnkleman, as ordered. Clark died at noon today. GRAND TRUNK SHOPS BURNED AT CHICAGO Occurred Early Today with Estimated Loss of $1,000,000—Cause ,— Unknown. .»• f.- ^pnlt,^' Presq J^eased Wifre "PORT HURON, lidh., Nov. 26.— The Block "I" shops of the Grand from an undertermineid cause about 2 a- m- ln Port been light rain from the lower Mis- j111611• They were U3ed for repairing souri valley to the lakes. disabled freight and passenger cars. It is slightly warmer in the "cen-j This was the second big property tral valleys, while the temperature' ^oSs sustained by the Grand Trunk Conditions Indicate unsettled weath- fort Huran property was damaged to r0u'trproved'^ er, ad possfbly showers, for this sec- the exten of fifty thousand dollars. 45 Dally River Bulletin. Stage.Height.Chan ge W'th'r Station St. Paul 14 La CrosBe 12 Dubuque 18 Davenport 15 Keokuk ..14 1.5 2.8 4.2 3.3 3.0 4.9 i- x0.4 x0.7 remain nearly sta from Davenport to Keokuk, Rain Ra'n Two Hundred and Fifty Words of the Rain United Press Dispatches of Latest Cl'dy News Received on Flying Train. Cl'dy 1 STREET CARS MOVE SLOW Trunk railway were, destroyed by fire the operator on the Limited Whils early tedtay, causing an estimated the train- was tearing along at sixty loss of $1,000,000. The fire started miles an hour and posted in the coaches and Pullmans for the benefit Despite all efforts the fire de- Huran, employing about 1,600 in 1116 Past few weeks. During Grand Trunk officials here annonn-: ced today that the company would immediately rebuild the local works. VERY FIRST TIME IN HISTORY [United Press Leased Wire Service.] SORANTON, Pa., Nov. 26— First news dispatches transmitted by wire less to trains were sent out yesterday afternoon and received on fast passen ger trains on the Lackawanna. Twoj In the world's history of passengers DOING SHOPPING EARLY ,. WAS FATALLY SHOT of a moving traic being served byj wireless telegraph reports hot off thej _Read The Daily Gate City, 10c a wire. They received the latest devel-j week. opments in Mexico, reports of the I strike at Schnectady and other news i———————————————— of interest. Was Getting a Hat for His B«st Girtj rwas Excuse for Smashing 1 "wi ndow. Government [United.1 Press Leased Wire Service.] CHICAGO, Nov. 2"5.— Shot and I fatally woun^d after he had hirl an iron weight through the window I a millinery store early today, W" liam Smith, 30, a negro, joked wit", detectives en route to a hospital. I "As was jus* doin' ma!) Christmas shipping oarly," grinned th? dying negro. "Was gettin' a hat for mail bes' girl." Frank Morrow, night wa'.c'im^n, who shot Simith, was held pending a [probable coroner's inquest. Reduces Traffic bpeed and Electric Lights Burn From Sky Scrapper Local weather bureau said" condi tion was due to a low barometer pressure centering over eastern Iowa, local cloudiness and a light westerly breeze which prevented heavy smoke, the chief factor in causing the dark ness, from lifting Its veil from the city. The slight drizzle was predicted to turn into showers by tonight. THE WIRELESS WONDER CAUSING SENSATION The United Preeg Dispatches Cov ever a Wide. Range. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] SCRANTON, Pa„ Nov. 26.—By tele-, graph and cable, newspapers through- '000 out this country and Europe as well IWorl Scranton TimeB and the Lackawanna railroad officials for data today for photos and data having to do with wlreless experiments con- ducted yesterday when the newspaper established wireless news with the Lackawanna limited as it sped on its trip between New York and Buffalo. The experiment of yesterday when the Times became the first newspaper in the world to transmit news dis patches hot off the wire to passen gers on a moving train via wlreleab, has astonished the scientific world.. Press'dispatches received by 'the wer§ sent ouk, from the- Lackawanna wireless station here, picked up by of the. traveling public. The United Press dispatches cover ed a wide range and told the pas sengers of the latest in the Mexican situation both from the Juarez and Washington ends, of the strike at the plant of the General Electric at!the P,ant- the experiment poDTO1,fiDia wireless in transmitting messages to moving trains. A complete report of!ready has been sent to W. S. Truesdalei pre8ldent of the road. LaHarpe, hundred and flfty words of United I .. Coast Line President Dead. Strike. Press dispatchcs received over tliej [United Press Leased Wire Service.] SPRTNGFIELD, 111., Nov. 26.—"It la United Press by Scranton Times were! WILMINGTON, N. C.. Nov. 28.— possible that the A. F. of L. in the transmitted. These were sent through'president Thos. M. Emerson, of the Seattle convention, decided to author wireless station to the Iackawanna Atlantic Coast. Line Rat'way com-jize the Schenectady strike," said .T. station here and picked up by a Mar^ pany, coni operator on the train which left result of a.n attack of acute ind'I-'e^- ternaticnal Bi-otherhood of Electrical Hoboken this morning shortly after 91 yon. He was born In Prehle unty, Workers, today. "But in the absence .o'clock. The dispatches were read by oiiio. Em?rson's first position was a!of President F. .I. McNulty, who is still the passengers. It was the first time railway clerk at Hagerstown, Ind. He,in Seattle attending the convention of vas THK WKATKKR Unsettled. Possibly Showery Tonight. Local temp—7 p. 50 7 a. in. 48. {United Press Leased Wire Service. I CHICAGO, Nov. 26.—'For hours to day Chicago was covered by an Inky pall and lights streamed from the! sky scrapers as In the early n'ght. I Street cars crept through the !':op with their head lights gleaming and pedestrians made their way with dlf- 'Flock About the Gates of the Electrla flcuTty flrrouigh the gloom. and his entire life had been spent reinstated. here. He had been ill since last May. There was no disorder during the His only brother, Lafayette Riggins night. Conference expected to be re of Rutledge, Mo., has been with him sumed during the day, but as no agree for several weeks. The funeral wasjment was expected, committees wer« held from the home today. collecting a strike fund. Prosecutors Also Frov/n on the Actions of Sun Worshipers. Press Leased Wire Service.] K&TEN PAGES ELECTRIC STRIKE Some of the Men Seek Their Old Positions But Are Not Able to Work as the A Plant is Closed. PICKETS DISSUADE SOME Plant and Men Returning to Work Decide Not to Enter and Return Home. [United Press Leased Wire Service.! SCHENECTADY, Nov. 26—Two thousand strikers of the General Elec tric Company were crowded about the gates of the company's plant early to day and workers who sought to re-' turn to their benches were turned back by the strikers and pickets. Several hundred women and girls were the most active. Their pickets were led by Miss Jennie Tredeau. About 15,000 employes John EJ. Cole, socialist commission er of public safety, was in charge of the police about the plant today. A •, sergeant and three patrolmen were posted at each gate. As the workers arrived and Baw that the pickets would prevent them from entering th®y 800n Schenectady, the conviction of Jordan, homes By 9 o'clock practically all and other nGws, of the times almost the crowd had dispersed and only to the minute. News service of the Times to Lackawanna passengers en- I of £ot as scientific publications besieged the Ino ,attempt made to operate. The the eleo- triclil company are out and at least 1 5Co turned back by pickets. About nnn inside and were ready to but th® 8h°P« were closed and pickets did not attempt to stop mem hers of the office force. When General Manager Emmons was asked today if he would refuse to take back the strikers, he said ho would "take no technical advantagei of the men," but went no further. The strike has yet to be sanctioned by the American Federation of Labor. The shops are only partly unionized, but the leaders declare the non-union workers are joining the organization. The crowd about the plant early to day was composed mostly of the ^oungw .ftm^lpyes and women and :j)j "inrlt,v^a6ial«r «|it&e' £Ht6r"inen wafiit ed to return to work. Those who did get Into the shops rushed through the gates or climbed the high fence about the plant. returned to their the pickets remained about the plant. The various unions held meetlnga today. Mayor Lunn and President James F. Hooker sent word they were to S,Ve a"y Wright Rlgglns of LaHarpe. LAHARPEJ, 111., Nov. 26—Wright Rlgglns died at the home of his step-! brother, George Ralph, near LaHarpe, I Monday, November 24. He was born until the new members of their union. January 24, 185G, west of assistance toward an early settlement of the trouble. Pickets on Dut. Pichets were again stationed about the plant of the General EJlectrlc Com pany here today and the 15,000 em ployes who went out on strike yester day declared they would remain out discharged by the managers had been A. F. of L. May Have Authorized is dead at his home here as th3 |P. McNulty, vice president of the In- 02 years old. building trades council, am not at liberty to say. The officials at Seat tle may be ready to make a ment." MAZDAZNAN FROWNS ON -f TRIAL OF ADUHL HANISH .. .. AGO, Nov. 2«.—Sun worship- aloud when Assistant District Att r per# who gathered at the trial or ney Salisbury, declaiming from "in their cult lender Ottoman Zar Auuhl ner studies," announced that "d':w Hanish charged with sena'-ng iude- drops are certain cure for cancer." cent liltorature by exprss pointed "Dew drcps gathered in the new today at the inky darkness that hell moon are particularly good," read Chicago in its jjrip while low-hung Stanebury. "They may be u'ei to Btorm clouds hovered over the city.'cure a nuinher of diseasfa." mi il!i *:iP it 7 Btats-, 1 "See It is Mazdaznan frowning on' tiiis trial," followers o£ Hanish told renorier: "Our Gcd is angry at the prcsecution of the 'little father' and the way you have rkiiculed li book'." Dcrp'te declarations of Hanish, 1 I loir lowers of the government prosecu tors working in relays continued to. read from "inner studies" passages read today amused, rather than sho'iked the spectators, who laughed