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r. THE PAPER THAT B008T3 KEO KUK ALU THE TIME. Subscribers of The Dally Gate City are Served the full Leased Wire Ser vice of the United, Press Association. VOL. 117. NO. 148. Ft Democratic Congressman From Second District of Iowa Was Victim of Typhoid 'Fever. .. AFTER A LONG ILLNESS Was Farmer Boy and Did Not Com plete Law Studies Until After He Was Elected. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] CLINTON, Iowa, Dec. 22—Ccn- catlons lii3 lllnjss ulou a school district. u,, He was the dsmocratlc choice for all silly efferveclenes 37I0W President Wilson Will His Spare Moments During His Vacation. „f (United Press Leased Wire Service.] President Wilson will spend most his time resting at Pass the trip with him xonse The „r.s,d8nt hopes to read ...» SUMM0N °Z Sect the president with while he is absent. saved the preacher's life. One of two bullets fired at him punctured the hook and dropped without .inflicting Injuries. Visiting Her Husband REPRIMAND IS ISSUED President Decides to Tell Cara bao Club Members That They Did Not Act Nicely. r' flcers gressman I. S. Pepper*died in a looal have greeted the carrying out of such hospital at 4:50 this mornng after aia program with apparent indifference long siege of typhoid fever. Ccmpli-1 to the fact that it violated some of the county superintendent of schools In what idea about their profession |Dancluet °.,® of Christian, he after it reconvenes in January. ., A private telegraph line will con- New Use Put to Equipment on Lack- con- the white Hl! Malted Prpss T.pflspd Wire Service.! Christmas In Jail. NEW YORK Dec 22—Mrs Wm. [United Press Leased Wire w„. /luirirn riff 99—With trust. Mrs. Corey arrived here from jail. Mrs. Columlbo, a young wdew, 5 the Chateau de Villfenei at Chaum-)nt.! shot, kiling Domico Gentile, her broth She' had nothing to say as to the ro«-. er-ln-law early today because she a bel„?ed donjd the plan. PARADE OF WILD ANIMALS Hundred Hungry Deer Whose Feeding Grounds Were All Over Snow. IVnlted Press Leased Wire Service.] PUEBLO, Cplo., Dec. 22.—That two hundred hungry antelope, deer and ®ther wild animals followed his train po Texas Creek, Colo., during the 'a*t snow storm, was the story told Wm, Whalem, railway conductor today. MI HP* [United Press Leased Wire Service.] WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—President Wilson this afternoon issued a gen eral reprimand to officers of the army and navy responsible for the program at the recent Carabao dinner. The president made his comment in a letter to Secretarys Garrison and Financial Ruin of Mexico is Sure Daniels in part as follows "The officers who were responsibly for the program of the evening are certainly deserving of a very serious reprimand, which I hereby request to be administered and I cannot rid myself of a feeling of great disap pointment that the general body of of- assembled at the dinner should set in during the last week of dignified and sacred traditions of the General Pancho Villa. Dispatches'office wMch hastened the end. service. I from there reported that he had b-: Congressman Pepper was serving his I "I am told that the songs and other licly executed six rebel soldiers Becond term as representative from I amusements of the evening were re-1 ciught looting, as an sxample to their the second district of Iowa. I garded as 'fun.' What are we to! fellows. Mr. Pepper wis born at Drakesvi lw Davis counity, Iowa, June 10, 1876, He was one of a family of nln? chil dren and during the early days of his nc c°ramg here lnc,„dlllg Rear Howard) Major General W. map ou par a until recently commandant of the decisive defeat of the govern marine corps meBsage during odd moments. It be-1 came known today that the executive' ... Frank Mclntvre, chief of the insula. modified office employes are compiling data on muuiueu trust decisions for his use and that .... ... .„ the president's stenographer will make edj,,tant IS think of officers of the army and navy ,"Any one who loots or molests of the United States who think it is property of foreigners or Mexican? 'fun' to bring their official superior will be executed," reads Villa's latest childhood, attended a school and I government which they are sworn to ertv will rest only with the provision |ln worked on his father's farm. After] serve with unquestionable loyalty, in-jal government. l^° graduation from normil school he be-jto contempt? If this is their Idea ot| The protest by the United Stite^ came a teacher and later principal of fun, what's their idea of duty? If government a&radn&t oonfiscat'on of .TRUST MESSAGE iSr -i. -„vX pe" they do not hold their loyalty above Spanish property, is believed to have of childhood, caused the order. It is estimated ths rebjJs have alread worth of property. do I catlne in 1901 and in 1902 entere men who are responsible for this 0I0 mnsom demanded for tihe release the guramsr course of the law depart- lowering of standard to their ideals of his son T-oiir, Torrszas, Jr, impris-i^as ment at Drake university. Not until to remind them of the high conscience cned at Chihuahua. he was eleoted to congress Kd he with which they ought to put duty Mimmmmmmm xxm a mnpr complete his law studies that was ln iabove personal Indulgence and to Impending Attack. js|^f±.tllij WiliAiiluii. ^.j.1905. (think of themselves as responsible MEXICO CITY, Dec. 22.—The lm-j pf. jmen and trusted soldiers, even while pending vjnewed attacked on Tam-i 10 BE ALLOWED General Villa Issues Orders That Anyone Caught Will,,.. be Promptly Hanged. ADVANCE ON .p ",:'. rruz- committee had as members many of around Tampico, heavily AMBULANCE rcoi".TIrt°y| BY WIRELESS man of th coimcJl and awanna Trains While Speeding Through Country. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] lUnited Pres3 Leased Wire Senice.] SCRANTON, Pa., uec. wewuse^ BLAIRSVILL®, Pa., Dec.. 22.—Anti-1 for the wireless equipment of Lack Baioon forces and churchmen today awanna trains has been found today. raised a large fund to employ detec- jAn ambulance was waiting at the sta tives to Investigate the attempted as- tion when the flyer from New York sassination late Sunday of Rev. Robert pulled in here, a wireless sent from B- McClure, pastor of the United the speeding train, having informed Brethren church and anti-saloon lead-'the hospital authorities of the illnes3 er. A Bible he carried in his left arm of a passenger. P'^16" !lU«miWTnK P« Dpo "2 —New use jlllos.aiccording to a government dis- Mir V'^r he .W At h» re. „o» „t 0»eral Huerta l,y January 1. |Dec a and, the cell with her. FOLLOWED TRAIN TO TOWN 1 to Come Unless Huerta Gets Out by F,,-at of Year. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] EIL PASO, Tjisas, Dec. 22.—There will be no more looting or confisca tion of property in Chihuahua, ac- coraing to announcement today by, *»ILLWOBKON Ul.ey are .nu.lng tt.m.etye. 68 wa, lotov fiSsroom. Ml7 «»a ers out. ...t "The officers who will be formally I Jtal. .Six American warships, rnder higher temperature reprimanded by Secretary Garrison Read Adtairal Fletcher, are ma sed moderate variable winds. land Daniels as a result of the presi-joff the port and the German ruise dent's direction, include the entire Bremen is on her way there I banquet committee according to thP iVera Cruz The rebels are reported flurries. Somewhat higher tempera- r^lb reD1S„a WASHINGTON. Jpec- "2- the hiehest army and navy officers (by men and artillery and were said ____ BiddlQ. on the town. Brigadier Ganei-ai onel Calicun. totave aba,,:,u«. her cMHr.n w„, b, p** I» 1 "We took the first train inttf Texas Creek," he said, "and broke a tJhrough the snow. As we proceeded a dozen wild animals which had been snow bound fell in behind. They came so close the crew tossed wisps of al falfa to tbem. As we proceeded the herd increased rapidly. Emboldened, they ran up to the baggage car and seized hay and feed from the baggage ciir. When we stopped at the Texn City station there were 200 deer ani antelopes rigiht behind us. bed 0n 1116 into ridicule and the policies of the order. The right to confiscate prop-1 ?U1 outdone by the farmers Brance and that she had occupied the reportea view of officials this afternoon. This to be in possession of all the country ture tonunt ana nortn portion lues reinforced 1 me ucuoiic uc»!ai. ui mo ment bureau, and Colonel H. O. Heistand municipal election is regarded highly! ^neral of the army,. slgniflCant Huerta government. Members o. man decided seats should be equtllyj were forced to giive u-p several seats. They still letain a majority. General Salrazin inflicted a sev ered defeat on the rebels at Berme- Italy Recognizes Huerta. YKRA CRUZ, Dec. 22.—cenor Gam •biago, the newly appointed Italian minister to Mexico arrived here today used for the from Havana and will proceed to The wireless, now transmission of train orders and re-j Mexico City where he will present ceiving United Press dispatches, also I his credentials to General Huerta. serves for the transmission of priv-1 On the way over. Gambiapo was' ate messages. Service.] her two, Ellis Corey who was Malbelle Gillman, OH.ICAW. Dec. However, which was taken to indicate the actress, is in New York today to children, Nardino, a?ed 2. and Uiar rco^nlze the spend the holiday seanon with her! les, aged 3, Mrs. Propose Columbo that Italj would rco0nize the husband, former head of ths steel] will spend Christmas in the county, halted at Havana by wire'ess instruc--^ tions, while his government, consider ed the protets of the United States against Italian recognit on of Hue'taj The ministeir wis ordpred'to proceed. Financial Ruin. VERA CRUZ, Dec. 22.—The elimina- complete financial wreck of Mexico, in the opinion of business men in Mexico City and throughout the re public. ft was. learned from semi official source here today that busi ness men of the capital, acting with those in Vera Cruz and elsewhere, are planning to lay the proposition before General Huerta, asking him to m]ti on tlle gr0und Way 0f a]j Thousands of wild animals in Color ado are starving. Their feedins grounds have been covered with snow. ura. maing ln cfflce day. Admiral Tlios. B. to have already began the'r advance |night and Tuesday with possible snow divided. Workmen refused this but attended by light rain in that region patch today. General Rassado, it was jon atln (Sate €it KEOKUK, IOWA, MONDAY, DEC. 22,1913 ROBBED ONLY THE DENTISTS Man Arrested,ai Illinois Might be the Fellow Who Ke cently Turned Trick $ in E7/^uk. [United Pr ROCKBY tip furn/ c. 4. TAMPICO «T by a Belvidere dentist, the pol' oday arrested a man they ibellevt^. »y know something of num erous robberies of dentist's office a throughout the middle west. He gave his naime as Edmund B. Waller, ex pert accountant, living at 2028 Rice street, Chicago, and said he was en-l rote to Freeport to audit the books of the Freeport Milling company.} Freeport police imported there is no such concern there. A set of burglar cording announcement todav bv' Pr!sonir as a man who called) at his on which Melvln H. Couch, former as- tw° years af°- nl8ht v*sit-" tllls rats in '1Unt b®nC)1'e' 0 ra ers* ,, An 3898, when he got his first taste of they hold? worth of property. WASHINGTON, Dec. -2. Further dead, told the officers of the locked nual burden of approximately *50, volities. He got his office and served "My purpose therefore ln adminis- General Luis Terrazas today de-: latest against the proposed Dilllgham' door at the back of the office which 000,000. It will also relieve the small, for several years. He moved to Mus-tering this reprimand is to recall the' clared he is willing to pay the ?250,-|bil1 ,pr°!ldlnS for today BR by the Italian ambassador. For Kookuk and vicinity For from.j nI&ht Illinois: Unsettled weather to- and Tuesday with possible snow For Iowa:- "Unsettled weather to- flurries, south and east portion Somewhat higher temperature. Light states with high pressure in the lake A a Crosse that a crash banks Is inevitable if he re- Found In an Alloy. the next forty-eight hours. [United Press I.eased Wire Service] CHICAGO, Dec. 22.—Wearing only a small waitress' apron, an unidenti fled woman, about 35 years of age, was found lying in an alley 'at SI9]* Root streeit early today, unconao-'ous .. from a scalp wound and half frozen, ^'^OiiriStni&S She was taken to a hospital where i* it is said she would die from expos-, no THE -l°uter TueB party by the workingmens— ito moderate^\ariable__vnndib beconliiNew Substance Has Sifine Curative I soutnbny. socialists— In yesterday's of the growmg hat'ed- for, Weather Conditions. The weather is fair and cool from .lpper Mississippi to the eastern depression in the western gulf Is southern plains, with snow at Dodge'. tlle stated, will go to the relief of Col-|Us influence the temperature has c- Bain attends a marked disturbance jjcaj chemist for a large manufactur- ""Ti ip! MwM* Secret Suite of Rooms at Rear of Lawer's Office Found When He Mm eased Wire Service.] 111., D=(c. 22.—On a THpH WOMAN The offlce w*8 WAS! of the man's district attorney, was found dead Sipi -mim Big Rat Killing. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] UPPER SANDUSKY, Ohio, Dec. 22.—The mythical Pied Piper of Ham- woman said she 1, '-J't •oiLL !!&». Said She Had Lived There Far Fif teen Years Eut Had Not Killed the .At- I§1 mSMm&immm tools and a medal issued by the Ohio Dental college to- Walter Meeker in1 [United Press Leased Wire Servlce.l 1897 were found on the -prisoner the MONTICBLLO, N. Y., Dec. 22.—. police say. While his stricken widow and the ™rrency bill as a great triumph for A Belvidere dentist identified the1 coroner and sheriff stood by a sofa, ^°„P_l,.1r sociate of Alton B. Parker and once his offlce here today, a mysterious [woman and a complete housekeeping I suite were discovered adjoining the offlce. I As Mrs. Couch fainted away, the was Josephine section. They killed over 30,-j secret rooms for fifteen years. The la8ting a weelt- was glven tlle A winnlnG Italian Protest. Mrs. Couch, summoned to the of-! refers have already taken $G,OOO.COO |'U^®fTT?!®S8 Service.] flee when her husband was found commerce of the country an an- t?le 8ta^® American imml- she said the lawyer never allowed herlbanka enter department tearful woman crouching ln the cor ner. Do not hurt me, I'll come out. I did not do it," she shrieked, and un Unset-' locked the door. She was not young Tuesday.'! was Poorly.dressed T,j jter or leave the building she saId slle awaken him in the early morning. 0TTT,0jpTmTT«ivE» FIND SUBSTITUTE [United Press Leased Wire Service.] which has the same curative action on cancer, dur{ng and is causing unsettled weather in' discovery of Mme. Curie, but has the lower Mississippi valley and!never risen slightly in the northern moun- facture that it Is estimated the world's section tonight and Tuesday, with lit tle change in temperature. tain region. gupply of the cancer cure will be 1 Daily River Bulletin. Stage.Heiglit.Change.Wea'h'r. 14 12 18 15 14 30 g(. paul Gamhiapo 2.0 3 4 2 9 2.8 4 7 :ncunun Lou.g die Local Observations. Bar.Ther.Wind. Weather. 30.25 25 W Clear 22 7 a.m. .. 30.27 20 NB Mean temperature, Dec. 21, Highest temperature, 28. sulstance Clear Clear Clear Clear -0.3 -0.3 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4 River Forecast. Clear 22. Lowest temperature, 15. Lowest temperature last night, 18. FRED Z. GOSEWISCH, Observer. h++,!'++++++++,H"i,+++++t++,H,J ONLY 2 More Shopping 1 Days. Until 1^- 1 -fW AN IMPETUS TO BUSINESS Unteimyer Says New Currency Bill is Going to Make Things Better Than Ever Before. Sil® Sfee?s:ij• [United Press Leased Wire Service.] NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—A new and healthful impetus to business will re sult from the enactment cf the curren- cy bill in the opinion of Samuel Unter myer, who conducted the congression al investigation of the money trust and Who has been in cloBe touch with the framers of the new currency law throughout its consideration in con? gress. In an Interview with the United Press, Untermyer said: "As a consistent champion from the beginning of the fundamental prin ciples of a government currency con trolled absolutely by the government I of course regard the enactment of the KOV0rnmellt 11 18 a ma^k ln our 1 velopment ln coroner and the sheriff, life friends of __ team Couch, had never^ heard^ of her and house for the collection of checks. If knew nothing of the rooms. She was fearlessly administered without re the transom and saw a dishevelled, up as a suspicious person. gard to the selfish methods of banks, thl8 The woman talked incoherently and|.cai subjects and that they may be re refused to answer many questions. Hed upon to unmask dishonest argu- offlce when she came ln to instance it has become the Insistent FOR RADIUM Action on Cancer ana Is Easier Made. will be manufactured here 1914. Like radium, it is the been Such northwestern coast, and under jng concern, today. Mesothorium is! B0 much produced extensively. ^as the City, Kan., this morning. I ment by Dr. Harlan S. Miner, analy- substance of a state- quicker and easier to manu-|it Conditions indicate unsettled weath- doubled within twelve months. The tract in response to legitimate com-] Federal reserve board members to er, and possibly snow flurries for this is derived from thorium and the company owns large mines con taining this mineral in North and South Carolina. The only radium deposits In United States are ln Colorado. the How to Prevent War, gumi The river will continue to fall slow- Sunday "peace service" ly from Davenport to Keokuk during New York theatre. [United Press Leased Wire Sjrvice.] who has had the good fortune to be NEW YORK, De". 22.—Stop chew- ooncerned in it." Clear ing quit, fighting John Barley-j a 3 a Wants His Father. In building battleships, was the ad-j [United Press Leased Wire Servlce.l vice given by Hudson Maxim at a1 BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 22.—The battleships. And ths only way to prevent war is to be ready for it." Many Cancer Patients. 'Americans s^end $30,000,000 year-! of Bennett's boy, who is on his death ly for chewing gum and $2,000,000 000 bed in Sioux City, Iowa, for Intoxicants." declared Maxim The letter written by the mother of "This is enough to build over 200 the dying boy describes Bennett as be-. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] PHILADELPHIA, Pi., Dec. 22.—So great is the demand for treatment of cancers by radium that the the sup ply in the Onotogic hospital in West Philadelphia is in constant u-ie every hour of the day and night. One hun drad patients are teing treaited there, JJgW York it was stated at the Institution today. This hospital has the third' larye3t supply in the country. Postponed Appointments. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.--Owing to the fact that the senate probably will adjourn immediately after the closing of the currency question, President Wilson it was stated today, will not fill the vacancies on the interstate com merce commission until after his re turn from Pass Christian, Miss. ici! fM «vW i*£** *. It Is the entering wedge 10f iaWa to decentrallze thQ concentm-!new tlon of control of credit in the hands |,s financial reform. The bill contains! establlshment of a national clearing innovation should alone lift from ln the The sheriff peered over tolerable despotism and espionage of! the federal reserve board without de- f°!,nd Couch dead in the, ment, enacted by selfish instincts. For nf demand of banking associations of the country for representation on the fed eral reserve board and the repeated denunciation of the administration by resolutions, these associations for re- fusal, accede the demand. It consti- tuted the burden 0f opposition at the outset but went down under the bat teries of reason and logic that were levelled against it. We are at the end of a period in our history when PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 22.—A resources of our country will be substitute for radium—mesothorium— driven by defective laws into the male-, ... strom of Wall street speculation and I tacked In the house as likely to cause into the control of the few men who inflation. dominate the Wall street banks and A new section for retirement of at the very time when these resources are most needed to conduct legitimate bonds. business in sections from which they are drawn v/ need "No legitimate industry fear the or lB accommodation to which entitled, or tremble in the light 0"{ money CUrrency mercial nation will cease to be the tool and tfae toy of a handful of manipulators. held in the Boulder police are looking for T. E. Bennett in response to the pleadings ing 35 years old and about 5 feet, 10 inches tall. '-K- v' -V THE WEATHER "Unsettled. Warmer. Local temp—7 p. m. 25 7 a. m. 20. |BEEN currency E MED SI ONCE President Wilson Awaiting its Adoption With Hi3 Pen Jabbed in the Ink Bottle. Si! v% '.fiSS- KEPT INFORMED •fcf economic history and slg- naiizes a new era in our financial de- H-/-5- f-kn -'.i i- •.-« Immediate fcecess of Congress 'Until January 12 or 19 to Fol low Attaching of ....... Signature. \5f* tu land" [United Press Iveaeed Wire Service.] WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—President Wilson discovered today he would have to name a comptroller of cur rency before ho could go ahead with the organization of forces under the bill. Thomas P. Kane nov^ act,n« of a few men. Its virtue's as an anti-1 Pres'dent is deslrlous of putting trust measure is quite as important as the advance it marks in the field of comptroller, and because new currency bill Into effect at., once was stated that wolI'(' 8'5n ment he senat© many admirable features that have ^e'ore the holiday recess. not yet been sufficiently recognized. The president told callers today he Among them may be mentioned the great cities from the in-[which to consider the best men for the great banks that are the controll- laying the operation of the law. The ing spirits of the clearing house asso ciations. -'si I "The result th'at is no% vkai^5ni-! pllshed demonstrates once more the great value of full public discussion of_ ®]}e -.our nooBoinie'problems." W« are ditce more reminded that the people are quick to understand and interest, them selves in the moBt abtruse and technl- might ask to confirm a cpn^ptroll^i* the currency bill the mo- he receives it. He has been kept informed of all changes made by conferees and approves of their com promise measuie. He was nnderstood to have expressed particular satis faction at the inclusion In the meas ure of "organization commission" plan. This will give him time lit president anticipates he will sign the bill tomorrow and indicates he will Issue a statement at that time out lining what ho expects the measure to a is 'We 'burreric? bift finally ratified by congress today and prob ably signed at once, permitting an im mediate recess of congress until Jan uary 12 or 19, according to indications early today when the conferees met to put the final touches on their report. The compromise measure framed by the committee is not expected to arouse opposition in the house. In the senate, a bitter fight may develop on the committee's action eliminating the upper house's provision for a guaran tee of bank deposits. The principal compromises agreed upon by the con ferees include in addition to th» elimination of a guarantee plank: "j Rejection of the provision permit ting use of new federal reserve notes as reserves by member banks, at- outstanding government two per cent Secretary of agriculture removed from federal reserve board. Senate provision for "not less than eight or more than twelve," reserve banks, approved. crop moving periods. Our Minimum capital stock of regional will now expand and con- reserve banks made $4,000,000. needs and the money of the! be chosen according to financial as Postoffice is Not Rushed Because Public Was Prompt. well as geographical divisions. Gold reserve behind new currency "I look forward to a new and health- notes to be 40 per cent. in a a re a future as the result of this great ac-1 proijji)jted from becoming officers of compllshment which will redound member banks for more than two the everlasting credit of every one years after retirement from the board. Republican members of the confer, ence committee ware called Into day's meeting'—the first they have ibeen permitted to participate ln the framing of the conference bill- Most of them were angry. "It's the first time in eighteen years that the mi nority party members of a conference committee have been barred on any other than party questions," dac'ared Senator Nelson. "I hoTpe to live until (Continued on page 2.) PEOPLE SHOPPED EARLY AND '2 MAILED PACKAGES PROMPTLY the month, asking people to send their packages early with markings "not to be o'pened until Christinas." "Although htere is no con^es^oa in the handling of mail here so fa--," 1 he said today, "more package} than ever before are being sent by mall, _____ I due to the parcel post, and fewjr "j pop*, cards than in past years. [United Press Leased Wire Servico.l "Four hundred extra men are em NBW YORK, Dec. 22.—No unus ml ployed here to handle the Christmas Christmas rush of mail was evltltencjd mail. Clerks are working over-fine in the central posteffice or any of its, and will from now until the holidays sub-stations here tcday. Pcstmaster are over, but thh year they are being Morgan attributes this partly to the' paid for over-time work, another In notices that were sent out early in1 ovation in the depaitment." ,v •r