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The National tribune., 1909-11-18

Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of the
Treasury under Mckinley. is to marry
again. Ex-Secretary Gage is~a bowling
Theosophist now and lives in the rur-
pie Island of Madame Somebody or
other out San Francisco way. He has
done number of queer stunts--queer
for a man OF his stamina and standing.
that IL, and the marrying now of a
woman who might he bis granddaughter
Is one of them. He was pretty well
mixed up III the brief society career in
this city Of young and handsome wo-
man who committed suicide or who was
murdered near Washington a year ago,
a Miss Edith Thompson, TO whom he
had beap "a friaOR
The National tribune., 1909-11-18

The Registration Board of the Dis
trict of Columbia shows that there are
467 children under Is years of age en-
ployed in various capacities in the Dis
trlct in conformance with the child
labor laws of the District.
The National tribune., 1909-11-18

President Tafts fdus Achates. Archi-
bald Butt Aid to the President, tried
10 switch the Presidential menus from
French chefs chef d'oyyercs to Yankee
'corned beef and" with commendable
success in cutting dinners to the Presi-
dent in his swing around the country,
60 that the viands could at least be
discussed in two hours time, but he
reckoned without LoUisiana's Creole
cooks. Down there they gave him gem
uine terrapin. and he surrendered like
the little peach that-grew;" he ate
and ne ate, till he could eat no more,
and then he wanted to take some home
10 the family.
And it's coming. Yes, indeedy. Com
Ing. coming, hail mighty day" Two
dozen of 'em, don't you know. Thru
the waiter it became known that the
President wanted Mrs. Taft and their
children TO get acquainted with the
serrapin. Frank NJ. Miller, State Game
and Fish Commissioner, has since been
on the job, having Deputy Wardens
searching the bayous Of southern Lou
ssiaHa for the choicest specimens, and
they found them and started the small
Sut select turtles Washingtonward on
khe fast express.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-10
RACE BETWEEN
u. S. AND GERMANY
Britain Leads as Navy Power With
Other Two Countries Almost
Tied for Second.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-The navy
yard book shows the race for second
place among the worlds navies IS still
close between the United States and
Germany OF the fighting ships Chat
tleships and armored cruisers) built.
and building, and provided for, this
country has 45 and Germany 46, put
The tonnage for the United States is
659 241 against 654,334. Germany, how
ever, has larger number of small
vessels than this country. Her total
tonnage is S20,692, against 7S5,687.
Germany's superiority in respect to all
vessels is due largely to her torpedo
dtstroyers, of which she has 81 against
cur Sc. Germany outnumbers US in
large guns, the number being 20S,
against 1S0.
Great Britain has 1o4 fighting ships,
France has 46, but the tonnage is
more than a hundred thousand tons
legs than either the United States or
Germany.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-10
PRIZE FIGHT TO
BE NO FAKE
Jeffries-Johnson Bout VIII be Held at
Salt Lake City and on the
Square.

BOSTON Mass 10-"The Jeffries-
Johnson bout will be held in Salt Lake
City and it will be no fake" was TEX
Richards $ positive declaration here.
Il am sick of this fake talk" said
Rickard, and will give anyone $4,000
if they will show me anything crook
ed in the arrangements.
81 knew the day before the bids
were opened that Johnson would stand
by me and that Jeffries would be with
Jack Gleason, SO we got together and
talked the matter over and came to
an understanding. Coffroth told Glea-
son to go ahead and come in with
me. That let Coffroth out of the
whole affair, and want the public to
know he has nothing to do with it.
Il will not have to fix any official
in Salt Lake in order to pull the bout
off there The bankers, brokers and
business men of the city want me to
hold it there, and have given me all
the assurance necessary that it will
not be interfered with. The Salt
Palace, where the bout will be held,
will. with some alterations, hold about
10000 people"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-10
WABASH AND
OTHER RAILROADS
Ultimate Disposition Of the Road VIII
Become Known Within a
Short Time.

NEW YORK. Dec. 10.-The ultimate
disposition of the Wabash. it is believ-
ed, will become known within a few
weeks. There has been no change OF
belief that the road is to become a
leased line, going to quarters friendly
to the Lehigh Valley and the Rock Is
land, and thus forming a New York
Chicago trunk-line route. The board
room had report that the Lehigh Val
ley and Rock Island interests would
guarantee per cent on Wabash pre-
ferred This they could not afford to
do. and probably have no such idea.
Gould holdings in Wabash are in the
neighborhood of % per cent, but 1t Is
semiofficially stated that George Gould
has given an option on this block Of
stock, and that the option is held, not
by the principal recent buyers Of the
stock in the market, but by banking in
terests now friendly with the Gould
roads. These will cooperate with the
recent heavy purchasers of the Wa
Pittsburg properties.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-10
GLASS IN FOOT
FOR TWENTY YEARS
shessfrs wife Underwent operatics,
and Had Old Piece Of Glass Taken
from Her Flesh.

MACOMB, ILL.,, Dec. 10.-Mrs. A. J..
Dark. wife of Sheriff Dark, under
went an operation at the Marietta
Phelps hospital for the removal Of a
piece of glass from her foot, although
at the time the operation was started
it was not known what was the cause
of the trouble.
About twenty years ago, while at
home, she went out in the yard bare
footed and stepped on piece Of
glass. Quite a cash was cut, but she
supposed she had removed all the
glass, and the wound afterward heal
ed OF late, however, it has been
bothering her considerable, but it was
not bad enough that she thought best
to give it surgical attention How
ever, of late it has grown worse rapid
ly, and recently the foot turned black
and sweIled out of proportion. She
| was taken to the Marietta Phelps
hospital and there underwent
an operation. When the flesh was cut
open it was found there was piece OF
glass imbedded in the flesh just above
/ one of the bones of the foot, where it
had laid for twenty years. This was
removed and the wound thoroughly
/ cleaned. At present she is doing nice
ly. but the outcome can not yet be
told.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-10
DRASTIC MOVE
ON STRIKE MATTERS
representative to Offer a Bill Amend.
ing the Erdman Act, and Draw
ina Sharp Lines.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.--A dras-
tic proposition to meet the strike Of
tie switchmen on the railroad lines
entering st. Paul is msde in a bill,
amending the Erdman act, which will
te introduced today by Representative
Steenerson of Minnesota, providing
for receiverships of the roads involv-
ed if necessary.
Steenerson has conferred with Com
missioner of Labor Neill and Inter
state Commerce Commission officials,
and later will take up the matter with
the president.
His bill proposes that the attorney
general of the United States, in con-
trcversies between railroads and their
employees, may, if necessary, file bill
in equity to prevent ~ threatened
public mischiefs in any United States
court within the circuits where the
railroads may do business. such bill
to make the railroads and employees
defendants, together with all known
corporations, organizations of individ-
uals aiding Or abetting.
The bill gives United States courts
full jurisdiction. 1t also amends the
Erdman law so as to allow the courts
to fix the compensation of members
OF the arbitration boards in cases of
unusual Importance
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-10
INQUEST ADJOURNS
UNTIL DEC. 20
Inquiry into the Death Of the 300
Miners at Cherry is Closed
for the Present

CHERRY, ILL.,, Dec. 10.-Inquiry by
the coroner's jury into the cause OF
the st. Paul mine disaster, In which
500 men were killed, came to an
abrupt close, without verdict being
reached.
The jury announced it would not
consider returning vredict until
Alexander Rosenjack and Robert
Dean, missing witnesses either had
been found or the county offiials show
ed evidence Of genuine desire to
find them.
1t was agreed to adjourn until De-
cember 90, in order to give the. Of,
lficials opportunity for further search
fer the missing witnesses.
Immediately preceding the adjourn
ment, Joseph Hand. a miner from
Spring Valley, who was among the
first rescuing party to enter the mine
while the fires were raging the day
following the disaster, testified he had
heard signals for assistance from
entombed miners, but that he could
get no help from officials or experts
to whom he told his story.
The miner said he was standing al
| tht top of the shaft when he heard re
! peated tappings, which could not
have been caused by anything but the
picks of the entrapped men,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-10
Polls are Now Open and so Far it
Has Been an Almost unanim-
Gus Vote to Give up
Work.
ON THE BIG FOUR ROAD
Operators Want an Increase and Also
Want 1t For the Station Agents
and other EN-
ployees.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 10.-Nine-
ty-nine per cent OF the telegraph op-
orators of the Big Four railroad, who
have already sent in their ballots on
tie question of strike for higher
wages if their demands are not grant
ed, vote in favor Of a strike.
In Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo,
and Dayton, the vote was practically
unanimous. The telegraphers demand
a twenty per cent increase. They also
want telephone operators, interlocking
tower men and station agents placed
on their schedule.
The increased cost of living Is Civ
en- as the demand for wage increase
General Manager Van Winkle Of tie
BIZ Four says he will not meet the 2(
per cent increase and declares the
idea of placing the telephone oper
ators and station agents as well al
the interlocking tower men on th'
same schedule with the operators, Il
absurd.
The committee Of seven, represent
| ing the operators, is taking poll a
the Dennison hotel. The entire bal
lot will be in by Tuesday at the yer,
| latest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-10
Over Nine Hundred Of Them are VIC
latins the Law in Regard to
the Amount of Loans
Made.
rs LIABLE TO REPRoOF
Directors are Liable Individually and
Charters are in Danger Of Beir
Taken Away The
Rel

WASHINGTON 10.-Nearly
900 banks of the Led States have
been warned by the comptroller of the
currency that they are violating tho
law and that they are liable to forfeit
their charters and that their directors
may be held to individual responsible
ty.
They are charged with having made
loans in excess of ten per cent of their
capital, which is the legal limit.
In 1908, according to the report
made today, over half o fthe National
banks had violated the law in tSat re-
spect. In September of this year, on
ly Is per cent were guilty of this in
fraction of the rules. The comptroller
says:
The attention of every bank. the re
port from which shows that loans
have been made in excess OF the limi-
tation, has been directed to the double
penalty for violations of the restric-
ton, that is the individuality Of the
directors who know Of the loan being
made and second forfeiture of the
banks charter.
The report gives mass of interest
ing figures as to the amount Of money
on deposit in the banks of Che country
1 the number of depositors, ETC."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-10
The SITUATION
in NICARAGUA
Estrada is Fimly Intrenched Behind a
Barbed Wire Barricade and
Waiting for Attack from
zelaya.
NOW TEN MILES APART
Troops Of zelaya at Rama are in Sore
Distress and VIII Suffer If
They Try to Return to
Manasua.

BLUEFIELDS, via wireless to Col
or. Dec. Following two engage
ments west of Rama between a divis-
icn of Estrada's army and the gov
ernment forces under Vasquez, In
which the latter was defeated, Est
rada is today playing waiting game
at Rama. The revolutionary leader
and provisional president believes HIM
sell impregnably intrenched and will
wait an attak from the Zelaya army
under Gen. Osega, which is camped
less than ten miles away.
Fortifcations including barricades
OF barbed wire have been thrown ur
in front of Rama and these, with the
tc, ering hills, give Estrada a position
from which it is thought 1t Is next to
impossible to dislodge him. Estrada
believes that Osega will be forced tt
attack Rama His men are in des
perate straits and will suffer greatly
I il they attempt to return to Managua
Zelayas headquarters. If Osega re
fuses the issue and turns back, the
revolutionists will take the initiative
ard force battle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-10
MAN FOUND
DEAD IN ROAD
Supposed to have been Attacked With
Heart Failure and Not Frozen
to Death.

LA HARPE, H., Dec. 10.-John
Byrene a well known farmer living
four miles from La Harpe, was found
dead in the snow in the road. Travel
ers passing that way noticed the form
lying across the track and finding the
body cold, notified the coroner. Th.,
death was found to have been from
heart failure. Byrene was formerly q
resident near Burlington, Iowa, and
came to this locality about four years
ago He was fifty-five years of age
and lived with his parents near this
city. He was unmarried, and leaves
besides his father and mother a sis
ter, Mrs. Fred Roderick, who lives
near this place, and another living in
Nebraska.
Byrene had started on an errand to
a neighbor's house about 5 o'clock in
the evening. It is evident that he suf
fered an attack of heart failure aNd
fell in the road. where he was found
several hours afterward.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-10
CONGRESS HEARS
OF WHITE SLAVES
Commission Makes its Report and
Tells of Some Of the Horrors Of
The Well Arranged
Traffic.
PRICE OF FOREIGNERS
Recommendations are Made of Meth
DDS Which Should be Adopted
to Help Stamp Out
The Evil.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-A shock
ing story of the white slave traffic,
its wide spread influence, its degreda-
tion and its misery is told in report
submitted by the immigration COM
mission to Congress today. Senator
Gallinger of New Hampshire lis chair
man. The commission has had agents
investigating the problem in all parts
Of the country since 1907. It's report
is printed pamphlet of go pages.
Facts are given in detail to illustrate
the horrors of the details. Letters are
printed as an appendix, being found.
The commission calls the traffic the
most pitiful and most revolving phrase
of the immigration question and a
slavery rigorous in its strictness and
on such business like basis that
agents were able to report the price
of French girl slaves in Chicago and
Omaha at from $500 to s1,400, Japan.
ese girls at Seattle for eastern ship
ment at $400 and Chinese girls from
Seattle at $4,000 to $4,000.
In order to stamp out the evil the
commission recommends that govern
ment agents be stationed at ports and
agents on ships watch for the vic
tins and that more thorough investi
CATION than ever before be made. They
also recommend that the immigration
laws he changed to that alien womel
af i'll srepute may. be sdeported at an.
time, instead of within three years
as has been the rule; that there shoult
be penalty for perjury and tha
claims should he required to prove tn,
time and place of their landing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-10
Woman Lawyer Paie All Of Her Social
Debts and Then Went to the
Hospital and Died From
the Treatment.
SHE SHOWED sToIcIsM
None of the Guests Knew That tho
Hostess Was Entertaining Them
For the Last Time on
Earth.

SPRINGFIELD. Mo-, Dec. 10-Some-
thing of the stoicism and philosophy
OF the ancient Greeks, who made feasts
and festivals when they knew death
was near was illustrated in the
calm preparation of Mrs. Alma Dod-
son.
Mrs. Dodson was the only woman
lawyer in Green County. Social and
club work also occupied much OF her
time. A few days ago Mrs. Dodson
was informed by her physician that
she must submit to and operation.
No secret was made Of the fact that
the chances for recovery were slight.
| Mrs. Dodson did not resign herself
to useless repining. Calmly considers
ing wherein her duty lay, she remem-
bered that she had large number
of social obligations which she had
not paid, and would remain unsatisfied
If the result of the operation was as
the doctor feared. There were also
many friends she would not be able to
see individually before she went on
the operating table.
f. considering these matters, Mrs.
Dodson resolved upon a card party and
reception, to which all her friends
were invited. The invitations We're
| issued for the day preceding that
set for the operation. and the attend
ance was large.
Smiling and calm, Mrs. Dodson play
ed the hostess admirably and allowed
no note Of sadness to creep in and
disturb the pleasure OF her guests.
When the last caller had said good
bye, Mrs. Dodson went to her room
and arranged her personal effects in
order. Clothing in which she wished
to be attired in case of her death she
, laid carefully to one side.
Her tasks finished, she went to a
hospital for the operation. Death fol-
lowed the operation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-10
TAKE CARE IN
SENDING PACKAGES
Only on First Class Mail Matter Can
One Write, "Don't Open Until
Christmas.

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. 1O.-It has
deem decided by the classification COM
mittee of the postoffice department
that the words mot to be opened un-
til Christmas day." or similar inscrip-
tion may be written only on such par
cells as bear postage at first-class
rates. Packages that are mailed at
third class or fourth class rates may
bear the same inscription, provided
that it is printed or stamped on them.
When written on the parcel with pen
or pencil, the words are held to be a
personal communication from the
sender to the addressee, thus making
the matter subject to first class rates
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-10
HINKY DINK BALL
is DECLARED OFF
Grand Concert to Be Given Instead
On Account of the Many Pro-
tests Received.

CHICAGO, ILL.,. Dec. 1o.-Protests
from clergy, civic organizations, char
ity workers and citizens against the
annual First Ward ball." which in
other years has been described as an
orgy, had it's effect here when Alder
man John Coughlin announced there
would be no ball and that a concert
would be given in its place next Mon
day night in the Coliseum. No drink
ing or dancing will be allowed at the
concert.
Mayor Busse said he had received
letters threatening that his house
would be blown up by bomb if he
did not prohibit the ball.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-10
Mexico VIII Act.

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 10.-Authora-
tive information has been obtained
here. that Mexico win exert her good
offices looking toward an amicable
settlement of the Central American
imbroglio Charles E. Morgan, for
merly governor of Cuba, will be ap-
pointed a special envoy by the United
States to meet Senor Enrique Creel,
now on his way to Washington from
Mexico. Creel and Magoon will take
up the adjustment of the Nicaraguan
question. Magoon's appointment viii,
be officially announced at Washingtor
within the next few days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-10
To ENLARGE Strike.

ST. PAUL, Dec. 1o.-Third Vice
President Harshbarger, of the Switch
mems union, stated that before the
Switchmen's union will be allowed to
be beaten in the northwest all the
switchmen of all the railroads west OF
Buffalo will be called out. Harsh
barger said that letters from practic
ally every point covered by the union
show the switchmen keen for strike.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-10
NEW OFFICERS OF
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
Bishop Wilson Of Philadelphia is Named
as President Of the Cold Water
Organization.

CHICAGO, H., Dec. 1G-The AM
saloon League of America, at its con-
vention elected the following officers:
President Bishop Luther B. Wilson,
Philadelphia.
secretary-Rev. S. 3. Nicholson,
Pennsylvania.
Treasurer Foster Copeland, Ohio.
General Superintendent-Rev P. A.
Baker.
The convention declared for inter
state shipment legislation which will
protect the cities in the enforcement
of their police laws.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-10
Wack VIII Have Nothing More to do
With the Man Who Claims to
Have Discovered the
North Pole.
CANNOT LOCATE CLIENT
Does Not Know Where the Doctor is
Hiding Himself and His Letters
to Him Have Not Been
Answered.

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-Cook's per-
sonal lawyer, Henry Wellington
Wack, severed relations with his
client. Wack refused to confirm or
deny this, but it is affirmed on COM
petent authority.
II have not the remotest idea," said
Wack, where Cook is, or why he per-
sists in seclusion when his presence
Is vital to his interests. am inclined
to believe he is abroad. One thing Is
certain, partisans and skeptics alike
now concede certain cardinal facts,
namely: That If the papers in the
hands of the University of Copen-
hagen contain any considerable por-
tion of the boreal observations which
Capt. Loose says he worked out by
the reverse route, the deduction is
that Cook felt no confidence in the
adequacy of his own proofs. If the
Copenhagen records show Cook made
no use of the calculations Loose says
he supplied, it will be easy to assume
toat he accepted them only as checks
on his data. The inquiry then will
revert to the first status: Are orig
inal observations of Cook sufficient"
Wack answered evasively the ques-
tion as to whether he had withdrawn,
but close friend reiterated that
Mack had closed his dealings with his
client, who did not inform his coun-
Sci of his intentions or movements.
Wack said: My Urgent letters tc
thf doctor arr sunans wereds lthepgl
they demanded replS from any man
soIicitious for his own affairs
Wack did receive a letter from Mrs
Cook, posted Dec. 5, asking him to
discontinue expenses on the doctors
account and forward him certain pa
pers.
Others of Cooks friends granted
that Loose consulted freely with him
and occupied rooms adjoining his al
the Gramatin inn. Whether this serv
ed for cooperation or collusion, even
Loose would not say.
Loose said: II went 20 Cook, think
ing could help him. A short tall
convinced me that he is ignorant o
some Of the essentials of navigation
Ny task was enlarged, but that was
not for me to debate long, as I was
paid. AS the payments have cease(
ard the doctor has disappeared,
speak out. / supplied the figures
They were gratefully received. Wha
use he made of them is bound to ap
pear"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-10
SHERIFF KILLED
BY INSANE MAN
Posse is in Pursuit of the Crazy Gard
ner Who Created a Reign of

sHREvE, Ohio, Dec. 1o.-A posse
is in pursuit of o. E. Boley, gard
ner, who created reign of terror at
Bog Prairie, near here, and shot and
killed Sheriff Jacob Bell of Holmes
county.
Boley escaped from the Masssillon
State Hospital He attended prayer
meeting at the Methodist church, sit
ting in the congregation with a shot
gun between his knees.
After church he went to the home
of Roy Lee. Sheriff Bell was sent
for. He was met at the door by
Boley, who fired Bell died an hour
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-10
Reported Missing and Wreckaee in the
Lake Leads to Belief That it Was
swamped in the
Storm.
WAS 40 HOURS OVER DUE
Lake Erie Has Been Swept by a Terri
fic Storm For the Past TWO
Days and Alarm is Felt
For Boat.

CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 10.-The car
ferry Marquette and Bessemer, plying
between Conneaut and Port Stanley Is
reported missing. She is forty hours
over due. Captain Benson Fox of the
steamer w. c. Davock reported by
wireless to the Cleveland owners at
noon today that he passed wreckage
off Long Point This Is on the course
of the car ferry and it is feared she
foundered in the storm which has
swept Lake Erie for two days.