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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-25
Letter From Attorney General Cosson to County
Attorney Craig, Giving List of Places in OPP
Grafton, and Captured in Raid.
MADE A VERY LARGE CLEANING
Five Gambling Houses Were Paid Sudden Visit
By Ten Officers Last Night and About ST.
600 Worth flParaphernalia Confiscated.

WithNthe force OF a catapult, the
third gambling raid to occur in Keo-
kuk in little less than FIVE months,
took the breath away from local oper-
ators of so-called dens las night. when
almost the entire police department
OF the city went to the places named
in letter to County Attorney Craig,
from Acknowledgement Cosson of Des
Moines
On Tuesday afternoon, Attorney
Craig received a letter from the at
torney general inswhich the names and
street numbers of FIVE gambling
houses were named These were
seized upon by the officers. A list OF
nearly thirty witnesses were contain
ed
In the letter to. the county tor
ney, Attorney General Cosson stated
that the gambling haunts' existence
had been brought TO his attention and
that the mayor, the commissioner of
the police department and the police
officers were neglecting their duties in
not ousting the gaming house bust
nesses
The alternative was to act and the
police under carefully laid plans, visit
ed the houses where gambling was
said to exist and verified the report
of the attorney general that gambling
really did exist.
The witnesses named by Cosson in
cIrd<, a largo number IF nor-Sopr uho
are frequenters of gambling houses or
have been in the past
The police believe that their be
lief is reasonable in thinking that a
we'll known gambler. thrown from
business several months ago, was the
informant Of the states attorney gen.
eral
The witnesses were subpoenaed to
appear before the grand jury today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-25

II TINS Concerns you. reac careruiry. =,
saldwelis Syrup Pepsin Is positively e.a.ar-
eco 70 cure indigestion. constipation sick head.
ache, offensive Breath malaria and ali djsssssr
arising from stomach tro.,ble
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06

SAYS VIVISECTION is FUTILE
Twenty-Five Years Experience Con
vnces English Doctor That Can
Ger Research Is Moonshine.

New York.-Twenty-nine years prac.
tice as surgeon to the London Cancer
hospital so thoroughly convinced DR..
Herbert Snow of London that what
passes with the public for cancer re-
search Is utter moonshine," that he
stirred the members of the Anti-Vivi'
section society meeting here the other
night with a condemnation Of "the
whole system of experimentation upon
the subhuman animals" 1t is, he said,
both unscientific and futile.
mo inference can be drawn direct
ly," he declared, from any phenomena
in the subhuman animal to mankind.
The fundamental differences of struc-
ture in every direction are enormous"
AS an instance, he pointed out that
lemonade, a healthful and refreshing
beverage for man, was deadly poison
to cats and rabbits.
"Salt," he said, us fatal to chickens;
prussic acid promptly kills men and
elephants, but horses and hyenas take
it with impunity. Rabbits eat bella
donna, goats are fond of the tobacco
plant and Of conium, the hemlock
which killed Socrates. And so in a
hundred cases one sees the mischiev-
GUS character of drug experiments on
the lower animals"
The only sure path to scientific in
struction was, he commended, by the
reverent observation of the actual dis
eases in the human being, living or
dead
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06

Private Leahy Questions Sergeant
Donahue Regarding a Point in
Military Law.

Private Donahue and Private Leahy
we're the best of friends, but when
Private Donahue became Sergeant
Donahue, Private Leahy saw the fail
ings of his former companion with
amazing clearness.
Sergeant" he said one day, after
long, fixed gazing at his superior in
rank, "if a private stepped up to a
sergeant and called him a consated
little monkey, phwat wud happen?"
He'd be put in the gyard-house, y
said the sergeant.
HE wud?"
"He wud."
'But if the private only knew the
sergeant was a consated little mon
key, and said niver a wurrd, wud he
be put in the gyard-house for that?"
inquired Private Leahy
CAV coorse he wud not" said the
sergeant loftily.
well, thin, for the prisent We'll
Fave it go at that" said Private
Leahy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06
CURE THAT SORE THROAT

Sore throat is inflammation of the
mucous membrane of the throat, and
If this membrane happens to be at all
sensitive a predisposition to sore
throat will exist.
.Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic is both a
preventative and a cure for sore
throat because it possesses extraor.
binary cleansing, healing and germi-
cidal qualities. Just little in glass
of water, used as a gargle, will quick
ly relieve all soreness and strengthen
the mucous membrane Of the throat,
and thus overcome all tendency to
sore throat.
Paxtine is far superior to liquid an
tiseptics or Peroxide for all toilet and
hygienic uses.
Paxtine may be obtained at any
drug store, 25 and SOC box, or sent
postpaid upon receipt of price by The
Paxton Toilet Co., Boston, Mass.
Send for free sample.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06

disappeared, but otherwise the old
fort remains practically the same as
when the British left it.
In early February of 1850, while
the country was in a session of quiet
ude following the conflicts of the pre-
ceding fall, General Campbell, then
in charge of the garrison at Fort
George, learning that his hated Amer
lean foe, Gen. Peleg Wadsworth, was
at his home on the st. George river
in Thomaston, determined to make
him prisoner. The British general
hearing that his only guard was six
soldiers, he detailed Lieutenant Stock
ton with force of twenty-five men to
make the capture. A sharp sanguin-
airy fight took place, in which severa.
of the British soldiers were killed and
wounded.
The news of the capture preceded
the detachment on their return to
Castine. The story is here told that
General Campbell sent his compli-
ments to General Wadsworth and a
surgeon to dress his wounds, assuring
him that his situation would be made
comfortable. He was furnished with
books and allowed to receive visitors.
He dined with the commandant and
met all the principal officers of the
garrison.
1t was not long before General
Wadsworth made application for a
flag Of truce, by which means he
could transmit a letter to the COVER
nor of Massachusetts and another to
Mrs. Wadsworth. This was granted
on the condition that the letter to the
governor should be inspected.
General Wadsworth's escape follow
ed soon after. In company with Major
Benjamin Burton he bribed their wa
ter carrier and from him received a
gimlet. They bored holes in the
boards of the side of their barracks.
covering the holes with chewed bread.
One stormy night they cut their way
ont with knife and escaped. For
miles they were forced to go through
the then wilderness, crossing the
river to Stockton, thence south
through Belfast, Northport and Rock.
land to Thomaston. The fort was
finally vacated In 1916.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06
Trip Of University of Chicago
Team Described.
Malnchi Denpo Predicts Pastime viii
Become National Game In Mika-
dos Kingdom and Promote
Better Feeling.

Chicago.-"Honorab baseball, of
all games in the world the most re-
fined, the most highly organized and
the most active" is to become the ma
tional game of japan.
Daily newspapers of the island en-
pire, commenting with enthusiasm up
on the recent visit of the University
of Chicago baseball team, declare this,
and then go so far as to predict that
the mikado and Uncle Sam, hands
clasped as fellow-fans, will never, new
er will utter harsh word except, per-
haps, at the umpire.
The Mainichi Denpo, according to a
translation sent to President Harry
Pratt Judson, of the University Of Chi
cago, by Montgomery Schuyler, charge
d'affaires at Tokyo, and published in
the current University of Chicago
Magazine, had the following to say on
the subject:
1.-THE American peoples own esti-
mate of baseball may not be quite un-
reasonable if we take into considera-
ton the fact that of all foreign games
adopted by our students baseball is
the most popular and attracts the larg-
est number of spectators, and that sew
eral international matches have been
held If baseball makes progress at
this rate in this country, and if we do
not have any new international game,
then baseball will become the national
game. as it is In America.
Without reference to warship
teams or professional teams, the con-
tract Of American and Japanese teams
will, besides promoting the game it
self, contribute much to better I'M
derstanding between the two nations.
'The University of Chicago team
now visiting this country consists Of
students of good moral standing and
excellent scholarship. They are real
American gentlemen whose amiability
is an object lesson to our students.
We have been told that in the princi-
pal American colleges students Of in
ferior scholarship can not join base
ball team no matter how good players
they may be. Following this example,
our schools have adopted rule where.
by those can not become members of
the representative school teams. 1t
will thus be seen that the evils that
the enlightened public feared might
attend the game of baseball have been
prevented.
eff baseball matches can be held by
Japanese and American students who
cross the ocean, and if thus the stu
dents of the two countries cultivate
friendship, then international baseball
matches between Japanese and Amer
lean students can no longer be regard
ed as sport pure and simple.
1--WE hope that baseball in this coun-
try will make sound progress among
our students and that we may be able
to have more international matches.
It is natural to expect in this connec-
ton that the graduates Of various
schools will make it easier to have in
ternational matches. America will feel
proud if one Of her national games be-
comes an international game, in which
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06
OLD FORT GEORGE
Interior of Maine Fortress Is Now
a Ball Ground.
Historic Earthworks Built by the Brit
isE1 in 1879 and Named in Honor
of Engand's king-Outlines
Still Visible.

Augusta. Me-Ancient Pentagoet,
better known as Castine, situated on
the eastern side of Penobscot bay ana
river, is one of the most prominent
historic spots in Maine today. 1t mas
preserved the well-marked traces OF
the works of the past and no smail
settlement has within its borders so
many earthworks and old forts. FORE
most among the earthworks is Fort
George, situated on the high land IN
the center Of the peninsula. 1t was
built by the British in June, 1873, and
was named Fort George in honor OF
his majesty, George III. The fort Is
tetragonal in form with a bastion at
each of the four angles. The bast1on
where was located the magazine was
fully occupied by it, the entrances be-
ing made of arch passages OF brick,
which may be seen today, covered
with mortar, and over them layer
of logs with a heavy covering OF
earth.
According to tradition and history,
it was from these same barracks that
Gen. Peleg Wadsworth escaped when
held a prisoner in 1880, after being
captured by the English at his home
in Thomaston and taken to Castine,
where he was confined for long time.
Following the departure of the British
from Castine in 1915 the Americans
took possession of the fort and the
government had it repaired, strength
ened and garrisoned, new barracks
taking the place of those used by the
British. The interior of the fort has
long been used by the boys as ball
ground. The foundations of the old
barracks are still visible.
History says that it was in this old
fort that the gibbet was erected on
which both Ball and Elliott were
hanged. Both names were well
known in the early period of Maine.
The palisades, the barracks, the NUM-
tons of war and it's buildings have all
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06
Philadelphia Scientist, Makes What Is
Believed to Be Important Dis
covery In Wyoming.

Philadelphia.-Joy over the finding
of the skeleton OF g four-toed horse
believed to represent the very earliest
American stage in the evolution of the
equine race, pervaded the American
Museum of Natural history.
The discovery is the last word in
the important researches in which
the institution has led the scientific
world, and the descent of the horse
is now traced down to the hypotheti-
cal five .toed animal, from which 1t
is believed that it sprang. If it should
be found that there is a rudimentary
bone or splint In the feet of the
skeleton which has been unearthed,
the find will be Of still greater i'm
portance.
The museum authorities received a
letter from their expedition In charge
of Walter Granger, telling of the
finding of the fossil steed in Watasch,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06

museum, says that in spite of the fact
that scientists have been we'll acuuaint.
ed with the dinosaur for 40 years or
more, not until this one came into the
possession of the museum and was pre-.
pared for exhibition did palenotologists
have correct or extensive information
as to the outer covering of these
strange animals.
Professor Osborn says the museums
specimen, found by the veteran fossil
hunter, Charles H. Sternberg Of Kan.
sas, is entitled to be called the dinosaur
mummy because in all parts of the
animal except the hind legs and tail.
the epidermis is shrunken around the
limbs, tightly drawn along the bony
surfaces and contracted like a curtain
below the chest area.
According to Professor Osborn. the
condition of the epidermis suggests. as
a theory in explanation of tbs preser
walton OF the remarkable specimen
that after dying natural death the
animal was not preyed upon by other
enemies, but that the body lay ex
posed to the sun entirely undisturbed
for long time, perhaps upon broad
cat of stream IN the low water
stage.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06
Peculiar Language Discovered.

Portland, Ore-Prof. Lee Frachten-
burg of the Smithsonian institution at
Washington, who has just completed a
study of the Alsea tribe Of Indians in
Lincoln county and the Umpquas in
Curry county, says the Alseas have a
language distinct from all other of the
81 basic tongues of the American Indi-
ans. He says it is one of the IL known
languages using the gender In the verb
that is, the same action by man
and female is designated by differ
ent term This popularity is shared
by certain inhabitants of northern
Asia, those of small section of south
ern Asia and by the Kaff1rs of South
Africa.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06
Steed Used to Play Role of Rosinante
Takes on Altogether Too Much
Adipose Tissue.

Paris.-The managers of the Gayety
theater have found themselves in a
dilemma by the persistency with
which a horse continues to put on
flesh. The horse at one time was a
candidate for the ak, but fate was
kind. The managers Of the Gayety
were about to stage Massenet's new
opera Don Quixote" and they cast
about for horse that could play the
role Of Rosinante, the hero's charger.
Paris was ransacked for an ami
NAL lean and miserable looking
enough, and finally they found a
worn out and decrepit steed. He
duly maAe his first appearance in
the part and was great success.
But the actresses of the Gayety.
letting their pity get the better of
weir discretion, offered the horse
cd, which he greedlly devoured in
/ quantities and to sncb 0nnd
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06

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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06

the Japanese nation alone can take
part. If our people intend to make
baseball an international game, the
American people will extend to us
their most cordial support"
The Japanese newspaper paid a
glowing tribute to the exemplary and
sportsmanlike behavior of the Chicago
students.
I'm moments of excitement" it said,
every person is liable to lose control
Of his temper, and especially is this
the case the world over with young
men. But in many occasions of thrill
ing excitement and close contests the
Chicago team always maintained calm,
gentlemanly attitudes. Not word Of
indecent language came out of their
lips.
I'm the United States, the east
claims almost monopoly of polite
ness and refinement. The west is gen
orally considered as rough and unre-
fined. But from this west we had the
pleasure and satisfaction of weicom-
ing here a baseball team most ex-
emplary not only In the skill OF the
art, but also In their conduct On the
field.
They have given us very useful les
sons in many ways, and especially to
our youths, who rank behind nobody
in their tendency to get excited, the
Chicago team and their behavior
throughout the seven games on the
Waseda field stand out very promi-
nently as a model of conduct, and as
we record this fact we are simply
echoing the unanimous impressions of
the tens of thousands who witnessed
every match on the Waseda ground.
1--WE believe and expect that in
Osaka also the same thing will be
placed to their record, and such happy
impressions left behind will doubtless
ly go a long way in keeping up the
traditional friendship now happily ex-
listing between the United States and
our country 1t may be said of the
Chicago team that they have done q
considerable service in the interna-
tional relations of the country they
represent and the country Of their
visit"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06
FOUR TOED HORSE DISCOVERED

or lower Eocene formation of the Big
Horn valley, in Wyoming, being the
first complete skeleton of horse
which that formation has ever yield
ed. The bones have been uncovered
sufficiently to show the four toes on
the forefeet, which are the marks Of
the species. The animal seems to
have been about the size of the fox
terrier He is none the less, in the
opinionEof the scientists, the progeni-
tor of the breed from which came
such marvels as Sysonby, slight of
frame and swift of limb, and of the
ponderous Percheron.
Instructions have been given to
have the precious skeleton prepared
as quickly as scientific accuracy will
permit, and it Is expected that before
the. close Of the winter it will be on
public view. The museum began the
assembling Of its fossile horses under
the direction of Prof. Henry F. o.
borne, now it's president, and has to-
day the largest collection of the kind
on the globe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06
HERMIT SET HIS FRACTURE
He Whitfield SpIints Out of a Board
Neighbors Are Warned
Off.

Spokane, Wash.-Refusing with
some display Of anger all attentions
proffered by sympathetic neighbors.
B. Gray, an aged hermit, set his own
leg, broken when cellar which he
was digging caved in on him. The
injured limb now rests in an impro.
v1sed splint made of rough boards
whitfield and shaved by Gray.
Gray has resided in this lonely
abode for the last year. Little is
known of him. Occasionally he is
seen wandering in vacant lots in
search of fuel. He does odd Jobs and
is reputed to have a considerable sum
of money.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06
ENCOURAGE the BOYS.

When boy presents an idea that
is feasible, pat him on the back and
encourage him, and he will develop a
love for agriculture and become the
pride of your heart in your declining
years and will love the homes and
the farms that you have worked so
hard to pay for.
If farming has not paid in your case
by all means give the boy chance
to begin without your handicap.
What was good enough for me is
good enough for the boy" is a maxim
unworthy of New England farmer.
Give the boy a chance at an agricul-
tural education, and he will help you
to stop the leaks and turn the past
and present into brighter future.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06
Railroadinq and DANCING.

Stuart c. Leake, who has lot to d
with managing big railroad in Ricl
mond, Va, is noted as one of the best
dancers in the south.
One night something went wrong
with the branch of the road over
which Leake has supervision.
Where in thunder was Leake?'
asked the president of the road next
morning.
Leading a german" said the gen
eral manager.
Which, commented the president,
was a dirty Irish trick,p-Popular
Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06
PAINT FALSE RIBS ON HORSE

purpose that, to the CONSERVATION of
the managers, he gradually grew
fatter and fatter until he became
altogether too sleek and robust for
their purpose.
They were in despair, being loath
to discard the animal, for he was a
good actor. Finally they mastered
the difficulty by painting false ribs
on the animals hide to give him the
necessary appearance of sorrowful
emaciation
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06
Eioht-Inch Hens Eoo

Hardwick, Mass.-A hen owned by
Mrs. Benjamin Manley has laid an
egg eight inches in circumference.
The longitudinal measurement ex.
ceeded nine inches. Thomas Irwin
has a hen which laid two eggs every
day last week.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06
Greatest Little Invention,

The greatest little invention that
has been given to the world is the
lucifer match 1t was invented in
1927. 1t is small, but like Portia' s
candle, it has shed great light into
the world. 1t gave man mastery of
fire. Before this fire had been a con-
trary hired man, but now it becomes
an obedient servant
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06

Hoods SarsapariIa has no equal
for cleansing the blood and expelling
the humors that accumulate during
the winter 1t effects it's wonderful
cures because it combines the utmost
remedial values of more than twenty
different ingredients. Insist on having
Hoods. 1t has no substitute.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06

bic compound. i
was sick three
months and could
not walk. l suf-
fered all the time.
The doctors said Z
could not get well
without an opera
ton, for I could
hardly stand the
pains in my sides,
my right
one, and down my
RIGHT, leo T hepan
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06

Spring Humors are due to the i'm
pure, impoverished, devitalized condi-
ton of the blood brought about by
the unhealthful modes of living dur
ing the winter, too close confinement,
too little outdoor air and exercise, too
heavy diet. Hoods Sarsaparilla cures
them and builds up the whole system.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06
A Good Samaritan.

"Once, when was i'll, he gave me
a punch in the stomach"
II don't see why you should be
grateful for that
ct was a milk punch. They
strengthen, you know"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06
DINOSAUR is A REAL MUMMY
Prof. Osborn Declares 1t DIscIoses Ma
ture of Mastodon's Epidermis-
Gives Theory.

New York.-Prof. Henry Fairfield
Osborn. president of the American
Museum of Natural History, in mono
graph on the dinosaur mummy" which
has just been PIT on exhibition at the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-06

Those days are lost in which we do
not good; those worse than lost in
which we do evil.-Cromwell