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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-08
ESCAPED BY
THE FIRE ESCAPE
Bert Bailey, Formerly Of keokuk,
Continues to Give Quincy
Police Trouble.

Quincy Herald: On the 18th of jan
uary. after trial in the police court,
Bert Bailey was fined S25 and costs on
the charge of vagrancy and on condi-
ton that he leave the city and re.
main away, the penalty was suspend
ed. Bailey was given to understand
that if found in the city after that
day he would be sentenced to the
house of correction for fiftyfour and
onehalf days in default of payment of
fine.
He did not leave the city, but .as
been lying low and behaving himself
until the last few days, when reports
reached the police that he has been
up to some of his old tricks. Chief
Koch, Detectives Bumster and Scharn-
horst and Patrolman Tom Ryan went
to the old Oriental hotel, Front and
Broadway, yesterday afternoon with
the intention of avresting the young
man. His parents live in the old
building, and there he makes his
home.
hat Ddllty SdS Ill the HOLel was
known to the officers and on enter
ing they went direct to the fourth
floor. Bailey either heard or saw
them coming, and taking long chances,
made his getaway by the fire escape
route. He climbed down the ladder
to the first floor and thence dropped
to the ground, distance of sixteen
feet. Unhurt by the fall, he scram-
bled to his feet and sprinted south
on Front street to Vermont, thence
running east to Comm ercIal alley
and continuing south in the alley.
BY the time the officers got out OF
the hotel all trace of the fugitive
after he lodged into Commercial alley
had been lost The officers have in
structions to arrest him on sight, and
as he does not appear to be able tc
make living away from home, it is
taken for granted that he will be in
custody before long.
Bailey was arrested and fined fol
the theft of articles from family thai
was moving from Fifth street between
Hampshire and Vermont last summer
After the theft he disappeared ant
kept out of the way of the police unit
the 18th of January. He has been il
trouble number of times.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-08
MOTT
Wculdn't Allow it.

i always said" says bright wom-
an, that / would never allow myself
to become a rheumatic old woman,
hobbling around on stick and Inunch.
ing my jaws on account of nervous
ailments, but horror of horrors two
years ago the rheumatism came and
general debility with it.
Il didn't waste any time but set to
studying the question from a scien-
tific standpoint and came to the con-
clusion that improper food was the
cause OF the trouble SO discarded
meat, hot bread. pastry, and all foods
prepared in lard and made up new
menu in which Grape Nuts was the
principal food. BY this simple, pleas
ant change I not only got rid OF the
rheumatism but I made big gain in
other ways too.
Today am glad to tell you that I
haven't a pain Or ache anywhere in
my body and, although l do great
deal of literary work, my brain forces
are clear and active, nerves are
strong, and / am never troubled with
insomnia. weigh 145 pounds and
am IS years old. You will have te
agree with me when I say consider
myself worthy exponent of the bene
fetal and nourishing results of Grape
Nuts to which owe my splendid
health
Read "The Road to MELVILLE,
found in pkgs. There's a reason
| Ever read the above letter? A ney
one appears from time to time. The,
are genuine, true, and full Of human
! interest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-08
CITY NEWS

Horse blankets at Sherwood's.
Read The Daily Gate City, 10
cents per week.
New embroideries, sc to SOC yard
just received at Central.
Tonight, DIR. j. w. Potter's lecture,
Looking Both Ways at Trinity NJ.
E. church. Don't miss this. 1t is
we'll worth hearing.
-Hostilittes will open in the pool
league this evening, when Seiberts
and the Drexel teams meet. Addi
ton teams have been entered, making
the composition of the league as fol
lows: Drexels, seiberts, teams rep
resenting the cigar store of Joseph
Moeller and Frank Moeller, Third
street, Elks and in all probability the
keokuk Club and the Olympians.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-08
proof of viii,
State of Iowa, Lee County-ss
In District Court.

State of Iowa, Lee County-ss.
In District Court.
To all whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given, that on the
thirty-first day of January, A. D. 1910,
a paper was opened and read by the
clerk of the District Court of Lee
county, Iowa. purporting to be the last
VIII and Testament of J. A. Sargent,
late of Lee County, in the state OF
Iowa, deceased; and that proof of the
genuineness of said instrument will
be heard in the District Court of said
county at Keokuk, on the fifteenth
day of March, A. D. 1910, at the hour
of 2 o'clock p m. of said day, being
the second day of the March term, A.
D. 1910. of said court. when all per-
sons interested in said Will are re-
quired to be present and make their
objections to the same, if any they
have
In witness whereof, / hereunto set
my hand this eighth day Of February,
1910.
ED. S. LOTION,
Clerk of the District Court
BY RALPH B. SMITH, deputy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-08
ed. S. LOTION,
Clerk of the District Court
LPH B. SMITH deputy.
Proof Of viii.

State of Iowa, Lee county, SIS
In district court.
To all whom 1t may concern
Notice is hereby give, that on the
thirteenth day of January A. D. 1910,
a paper was opened and read by the
clerk of the district court of Lee coun-
ty, Iowa, purporting to be the last viii
and Testament of H. H. Trimble, late
of Lee county, in the state of Iowa,
deceased; and that proof of the gen.
uiness of said instrument will be
heard in the District court of said
county at Keokuk, on the fourteenth
day of March, A. D., 1910, at the
hour of O'Clock p. NJ. of said day, be-
ing the first day of the March term.
1910 of said Court, when all persons
interested in said Will are required to
be present and make their objections
to the same, if any they have.
In witness whereof, / hereunto set
my hand this eighth day of February
1910
ED. S. LOTION,
Clerk of the District Court.
BY RALPH B. SMITH,
Deputy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-08
In a Few Years

Biondeau street meassurement) aggre-
profit to the buyer. Idle talk, no; but
the expressed opinion Of the most con-
sentative and reputable people Of keo-
kuk. Just compare prices asked and
paid for corners on Main street be-
tween Fourth and Seventh, with the
price asked for this corner, and settle
the question your own way. Is there
difference In value Of $500 to $500
per foot In the two proposition? We
think not. Isn't $3.50 per foot dirt
cheap for the corner Of Sixth and
Blondeau streets, in comparison? We
think it is. Isn't 75x14o feet on the
corner Of Sixth and Biondeau streets
decided and big bargain at $5,437.5o?
We know It Is. Act quickly, If you
want this property. It will surely dou-
BILE in price within few years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-08
COLLINS { PARADICE
1916 North sixth ST.
MUSLIN SALE TOMORROW

Wednesday morning only. as long
as 1000 yards last, we will sell Sc
inch bleached muslin. Sc value. 10
yards for SOC; 10 yards to a customer,
no phone orders accepted.
THE CENTRAL STORE.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-08
sae, COO Available

DES MONIES, Feb. 8.-An investl
cation by Governor Carroll, reveals
that the United States holds $4,000
which is available for Iowa to use on
public roads and canals. This sum
was made available at the time Iowa
was admitted to the union. the state
having accepted the conditions PIE.
scented by the fe1eral government.
Steps will be taken to get this money
during 1911, the legislature being en-
powered to determine the manner OF
expenditure.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-08
How,s Ihis2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Cstarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
r. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned. have known f..
j. Cheney for the last Is years anu be-
lieve him perfectly honorable In ali busi-
ness transs Ions and financially avie to
carry out any obligations made by his
arm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists Toledo o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
ials sent free. Price IS cents per bottle
Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for cons .ipa~
don
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-08
Sore Lungs and Raw Lungs.

Most people know the feeling, and
the miserable state of Ill health it
indicates. All people should know
that Foley's Honey and Tar, the great
est throat and lung remedy, will quick
ly cure the soreness and cough and
restore normal condition. Ask FOR
Foley's Honey and Tar. Wilkinson &
Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-08
S72.5o Per Foot

VIZ tSVS
5Iondeau street measurrnent) agere-
eating $5,437.5o, viii. buy this splendid
holdings, for a short time only.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-08
NOTICE,

Any persons wishing contract to
work the highways of Des Moines
township for the year 1910 may confer
with the trustees on Saturday, Feb.
10, at 2 o'clock p. m. at Vincennes.
WESLEY JOHNSON, Twp. Clerk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-08
Last one.

"Pop!" "Yes, my SOM What is
an ultimate consumer "Oh, the ulti
mate consumer, my boy, is the one
who gets the hash"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-08
Not His Own JUDGE

1t is not permitted to the most
equitable of men to be a judge in his
own cause.-Pascal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04
THE SALOON QUESTION.

Waterloo's city attorney, B. F.
Swisher, has declared for abolishing
the saloons in that town and requiring
the candidates for the legislature to
go on record for or against the saloon
as an institution. The Dubuque
Times-Journal discussing his PROPOSE
ton says it is of course practicable
to suppress the open saloon, but the
object of this is to keep liquor away
from drunkards, actual or potential,
and itSis question with that paper
whether the suppression of the sa-
looms would be of any value what
ever in this direction while those who
want liquor for their own consump-
ton retain the right to import it
from other states. The experience
of several cities is cited as follows:
Rockford. H., voted out the saloon
a year or two ago, but may restore it
next spring, as the town is full OF
'soft-drink' establishments dispensing
beverages that put man to bed with
his boots on. Worcester, Mass. also
abolished the saloon, but restored it
after getting the figures on the liquor
brought in by express. In Alabama
the prohibitory amendment was de-
feated mainly because it prohibited
the purchase of liquor for domestic
consumption. Many willing to keep
liquor away from the negroes and to
avoid the saloon were unwilling to go
without stimulants themselves for the
sake of helping others. Yet prohibit
ton can be made to serve its purpose
only by extending it to the family
trade and to Interstate commerce.
The Times-Journal adds that the
chief argument in favor of closing the
saloons is that it weakens the oppo-
sition to really effective prohibition
which the liquor interests are abe to
offer. It accomplishes nothing. what
ever towards the salvation of the
drunkard or the steady drinker
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04

percentage the banks would be en-
abled to meet demand for more cir
culating currency without drawing
upon their resources against deposit
liabilities.
Senator w. A, PETER. in his article,
Government Banking, points out that
the government is now immersed deep
ly in the banking business. Upward
of six thousand banks are in opera
ton loaning paper money by the kil-
lion, daily, every single piece OF which
is made, by government employees with
government machinery in government
buildings. And this has been going on
many years. A tax is levied on bank
circulation, and congress makes an
appropriation for the work based on
the estimates submitted by the direc-
tor of the bureau of engraving and
printing. Senator PETER makes the fo.-
lowing suggestion:
Now let the government do the
rest of the work-the loaali. g OF Its
own money by and through is own
AGENTS and appointees. Let the ma.
tional banks now in business expire
by limitation Of law, their places to
be supplied, whenever needed, by
branch banks. There are now a great
many national banks more than are
required to handle the business they
do. A city of forty to fifty thousand
population gets only one post-ofhce,
and one government bank could as
easily accommodate that many people
Let the Treasury Of the United Stats
he the Central Bank. as 1t was in the
years of our great war; and let the
treasurer be. in charge as he was when
ten dollars passed through his hands
to one now.
Let the Central Bank loan to the
people at three per- cent as bankers
now lend to them at five, six and
more: one per cent of the income
would pay all running expenses Of the
work, and two per cent going into the
national treasury would more than,
pay all requirements of the naticnal
government"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04
Extravaganza and Panics,

Topeka Capital: Henry Clews joins
J. ]. Hill and Leslie NJ Shaw in de-
nouncing American extravaganza.
Complaints of the high cost of living
are universal Mr.. Clews says. A
universal complaint is pretty sure to
be well founded, and Mr.. Clews adj
mits that there Is good reason for
much OF it. but he thinks "a far more
potent element in the cost of living
than is readily admitted is the ex-
travagance that has become a nation
al characteristic and weakness. While
extravaganza is shown in the various
governments. from the federal down,
he agrees with Mr.. Hill that it is even
more evident in the home Many
totally unnecessary amusements and
luxuries are now INDUCED in which
We're never thought OF ten years ago.
and the result must be greatly
diminished national saving power out
of which should come our new sup
plies OF capital" Mr.. Clews does not
undertake to suggest how the upward
trend of prices is to be checked.
Combinations of all kinds" he says,
are restricting competition and put
ting up prices and Imitation and
speculation are adding fuel to the
fire.
There is natural check on the
cost Of living, and that is the ability
to stand it. To millions of people
who do not own automobiles or in.
dulge in other modern injuries. the
high cost of actual necessities of life
is a severe burden, and it Is from
this largest class in the community
that the complaint comes. On the
other hand, it is from the other class.
who do extend themselves for pIeas-
ure and indulge In all the Few lux.
uries of the times, that the saved
capital must come and always has
come heretofore. If they spend what
their class has heretofore saved to
invest, so much new capital Is lost.
But just the same, Notwithstanding
the extravaganza which observing
men like Mr.. Clews and J. J. Hill de-
plore, the increase Of capital has gone
ON at an unexampled rate Or else,
foreign capital has been pouring into
this country Two new bilIion-dollar
combinations this month do not look
like lack OF capital
A voice lifted up now and then
against extravaganza will not check
the national habit Of enjoying life
while we are on earth. In favor of
It is modern Advertising art that is
developing into science and is clever
enough to sell anything. The situa.
ton might be described as fixed
habit Of extravaganza and good living
In this country, tempered by panics.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04
The Cost Of Living.

st. Paul Pioneer Press: Secretary
Wilson is about to begin an investiga-
ton in the hope of being able to de-
ternine who is making the cost OF |. =
ing higher than it was a few years
ago. There are undoubtedly instances
Of extortion on the part OF those who
deal in the necessities Of life, but If
the secretary will go back far enough
in his Investigating he probably will
find that cost of living is relatively
little higher If as high as formerly.
Prices are higher, of course, than in
ether days, but that is not the real
test of the cost of living.
The real test of the cost of living
Is not what We pay for things, but what
we are able to pay and What we get
for our money. Who will say that
the cost of living was not greater In
the days of our grandparents than at
present? The men of fifty years ago
did not spend half the money we do.
Their parsimony was not due to the
cheapness OF things. but because they
did not have the money to spend.
They worked just az hsrd as we do,
and had just as many opportunities
to make and save money rs we do.
Yet they had no more left at the end
Of the year than we have, and they
did not live nearly so we'll as we do.
We spend our money for many
things looked upon as necessities that
would have been considered as great
Injuries few years ago. In the one
matter of tropical fruits, for example,
we are today enjoying what was i'm
possible to the rich and even to roy.
atty couple OF generations ago, We
have upon our tables the bananas of
Honduras, the pineapples Of Florida,
the oranges OF California, and look
upon them as necessities. We live
where our grandfathers existed. We
have just as much If not more left at
the end Of it all. Why then was not
the cost of living higher In their day
than now because it bought less?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04
Hogs Imprlaoned Flve Weeks.

Richland Clarion: Vivian Byers
living near veo, penned up three
head OF hogs under his barn about
FIVE weeks ago when he nailed boards
along the bottom to keep out the cold
and snow. The hogs had been In n
habit Of crawling under the barn, and
Mr.. Byers thought all OF them were
out. Not until the fore part Of the
week did he discover that three of his
hogs were missing, and the day fol-
lowing Willie doing some work about
the barn yard, he heard them under
the barn. The hogs were very weak
from lack of food and water and were
unable to walk. He has cared for
them tenderly and hopes to save them
We have repeatedly heard that you
can do most anything with hog. but
we never dreamed you could keep
them in cold storage for five weeks
and then take them out alive.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04
A CENTRAL BANK OF ISSUE.

This is the title of symposium in
the January number of the North
American Review contributed by
Charles A. Conant, Victor Morawetz
and Senator w. A. PETER. Charles A.
Conant in his article entitled THE
Evolution of Central Banking" says
that one of the strongest arguments
in favor of central bank is the fact
that practically every commercial
country but the United States has ar
rived by a process of evolution at the
central banking system. There is not
today an independent nation in
Europe which has not central bank
controlling the note-issuing and ex-
change situation, most of them estab-
lished within sixty years and several
of them within ten years. Differences
of race, of forms of government and
even in degrees of economic develop.
ment may have retarded, but they
have not prevented this evolution. Mr..
Conant adds:
The argument has been heard in
this country that while central banks
may be suited to monarchies, they are
not adapted to republics. Such reason
ing ignores the example of France,
whose republican government in 1897
renewed the charter of the Bank OF
France for twenty three years. It
ignores the more recent case of the
hardy little republic of Switzerland,
whose central bank was opened for
business in June 1907, and bravely
carried the country through the panic
of the autumn. To the objection that
the United States is too great territor-
tally for a central bank with the nee
essary branches, is opposed the ex-
ample of Russia, whose central bank
holds the second largest gold reserve
in the world and ministers to the
needs of 150.000.000 people scattered
over two continents"
Victor Morawetz, in his article,
THE Central Bank Plan," suggests
that for the purpose of establishing
the necessary central regulation and
control of the aggregate expansion of
bank credits in relation to the aggrec
gate bank reserves, the national
banks, or the sectional reserve banks
formed by them, should be authorized
to form a note-issue association and
to elect a central board or committee
having power from time to time. with
the consent of the secretary of the
treasury, TO increase or reduce accord
ing to the needs Of changing condi-
tons the volume of uncovered bank
note currency which the banks
throughout the country may have out.
standing, such increase or reduction
being effected by increasing or reduc.
ing the percentage Of their notes
which the several banks must keep on
deposit in lawful money in note-re-
demption funds tn be held by the note.
issue association or by the comptroller
of the currency. BY increasing the
required percentage of the note-re-
demption funds the expansion of bank
credits in the aggregate could be
checked. BY reducing the required
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leader of his party in the house. Sup
pose the matter of his successor Is
left to the Republican caucus? The
question. Are you for or against Can
non? cannot be put Another bogy
man cannot be painted until the iden-
tity of the Cannon legatee is dis
closed The insurgent inquisitor can
ask, Are you for or against the house
rules? but the public knows and cares
little about the house rules What it
has come to know is that Cannon
must be downed, or the people will
lose their few remaining rights.
1t is greatly to be feared that the in
surgent cause will lose its greatest
practical asset, when Uncle Joe says
with crooked smile, No, thank you,
boys. I've had enough. know the
cards have been stacked against me.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04
Aiarettes and Suffrauets.

/ Sioux City Tribune: There is a
closer relation between these two than
appears at first thought. Suffragets
wish ballots because men have them.
Men wear no aigrettes and suffragetS
do. Therefore, because suffragets
wear aigrettes they should not have
| the suffrage. The logic of this may be
strained. The case can be stated In a
clearer way.
To get down to bed rock. The food
OF insects is vegetation, fruits, flow
ers, grains. The food of birds Is i'll
sects. The more birds the less insects
and the other way around. Women In
sist upon having the plumage of birds
to wear on their hats. This causes a
demand for dead birds. Pot hunters
kill birds to meet the demand caus-
ed by the women. Result, decrease of
birds, increase of insects and losses In
vegetation, and grains estimated at
millions of dollars annually.
States, some states, legislate to pro-
tect the birds, Audubon societies teach
children 70 be gentle with the birds,
The federal government, alarmed by
the ravanges OF insects on crops be-
cause bird slaughter gives increase of
destructive insect life, selects and es-
tablishes fifty-seven bird preserves.
large areas of timbered land into
which birds may go and be safe from
the hunter. More than that, the
agricultural department. imports birds
to replenish species almost wiped out
by this plumage demand that even at
tackled the glorious mocking bird and
has made 1t rare in the southland.
Now is it safe, is 1t prudent, Is it
wise to give the suffrage to women
who have so little care for the, welfare
of the country, the conservation of its
food supplies, the preservation of It's
trees, that they insist that the birds
that keep down the predatory insects
shall be killed off that they may wear
feathers in their hats? Does it not
show a lack of appreciation of public
interests, of willingness to subordi-
nate whims of fashion to the common
good. this persistence of demand for
plumage? And is there not something
essentially unfeminine in it, some
thing Of the ruthlessness Of the savage
who also slaughters birds to bedeck
himself with their plumes9
Have We made clear the relation of
eigrettes to suffragets?