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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-17
UNLOADED GUN
KILLS ANOTHER
Boy Receives Charge in the Neck and
Loses His Lire as
Result.

MARION Ind, April 17.--"Don't
point that gun at me. 1t might be
loaded cautioned Edward Barton,
aged Is, when his cousin, Harvey
Cook. aged 16, playfully leveled
shotgun at him. Cook then lowered
the weapon, resting it on the floor as
he still held it.
Young Barton attempted to break
the gun to see if it really was load
ed. The discharge of the gun follow
ed. the entire charge striking Cook in
the neck, killing him. The tragedy
occurred in the Barton home at Gas
city. near Marion while the boys We're
alone.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-17
TWO BOYS DROWN
IN THE LAKE
One Sacrificed His Life in Trying to
Save the Life of the
Other.

CHICAGO. Ill. April 17.-Alexan-
der Doty, 16 years old, lost his life
trying to save his chum. Osborn Darby.
Is years old, with whom he had gone
boating on Lake Michigan.
Their canoe capsized about quar-
ter of mile from shore Doty man
aged to right the boat and crawl back
into it. only to find his companion
struggling in the water 80 feet away.
He leaped into the lake and swan to
his friend Both sank, numbed by the
cold. Darby was athletic director OF
high school of which Doty was a
student.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-17
TIE WEATHER.
Weather Forecast.
-ntil Z D. m. TUESDAY.

Until p. m, Tuesday.
For Keoluk and Vicinity Increas-
ing cloudiness with probable showers
late tonight or Tuesday. Warmer to-
night. Cooler Tuesday
For Illinois Fair and warmer to-
night. Tuesday increasing cloudiness
becoming unsettled at night
For wa-Tncreasing cloudiness
with probable showers late tonight or
Tuesday. Warmer tonight in east
portion Cooler Tuesday
For Missouri-Increasing cloudiness
with probable showers late tonight or
Tuesday. Warmer tonight Cooler on
Tuesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-17
Postponed the Game.

DETROIT. April Following a
mutiny in the ranks of the Cleveland
baseball team because the game be-
tween the Maps and Tigers was no,
called off today on account of the fun
eral of Addie Joss, Ban Johnson heard
the players plea and POSTPONED the
game and the players all went to
Toledo and attended the funeral.
Evangelist Billy Sunday, forme-
base ball player preached a character
istic sermon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-17
Revolutionary pauahters.

WASHINGTON, April 17.--Revolu-
tion among the daughters of the
American Revolution cropped out to-
day at the convention of the order
Supporters of Mrs. Scott and Mrs.
Story are working among the mem
bers for the presidency. Today's ses-
sion was opened BY an address of
Welcome by President Taft.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-17
Des Moines Troops Leave


DES MONIES, April 17.-Colonel
Charles NJ. O'Conner and the Sixth
cavalry, stationed at Fort Des Moines.
VIII leave Des Moines Tuesday morn
ing for Arizona, pursuant to orders
received from the ar department
The regiment will go over the Chi
cago, Rock Island and Pacific via
Omaha. three trains being required
The First Squadron will go to Doug
las, Ariz., the Second to Nogales and
the Third to Huachuca
Forty men will be detailed from the
various companies to remsin at Fort
Des Moines.
impending Battle.
WASHINGTON, April 17.-News OF
the impending battle between the
Mexican federal troops and the insur-
irectos at Aqua Pretia Is awaited in
Washington with intense interest.
Many bulletins We're received by the
war department, telling of skirmishes
between the outposts of the combat
ants, and predicting an engagement
early this morning. The seriousness
with which the situation on the border
is regarded is indicated by he fact
that President Taft ordered all war
department bulletins sent to the white
house.
The war department. official mes.
sages said that ! 900 insurrectos were
holding Aqua Pretia, and were erect
ing entrenchments parallel to the in
ternational boundary line, some of
them only about 100 feet from the
line. The federal force, according to
the bulletins. number 1,40o men and
is advancing from the south.
Colonel Skunk, who is commanding
the American forces at Douglas, fear
ing a repetition of last Thursdays oc-
currences when two Americans were
killed and eleven wounded by stray
Mexican bullets, wired to the war de-
partment for instructions.
He was ordered under no circum
stances to allow any American officer
or troops to cross the border He was
commanded simply to preserve neu
trality, prevent the people of Douglas
from unnecessarily exposing their
lives and to disarm and hold any
Mexican troops, regular or insurrectos,
who came across the line.
The war department ordered Colonel
Skunk, also, to convey again to the
commanders of the Mexican forces the
warning of this government against
ieopardizing lives on American soil
Colonel Skunk sent civilian emissary
CARRYING an American flag to the fed
eral commander with this message,
and received in reply assurances that
the Mexican regular troops would do
everything possible to respect this
governments request
The American commander also
served notice upon the insurrectos
that they must not erect intrench-
ments in a way that would draw the
fire of the federal troops upon Doug
las.
The insurrectos. by throwing up
Notifications parallel to the boundary
line. are apparently seeking to EN-
barrass the federal troops by compli-
cations with the United States.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-17
SALOON PORTER
WAS SHOT DEAD
Proprietor MortalIy Wounded When
Three Men Tried to Rob
the Place.

CHICAGO, April 17.-Three un-
known Italians entered saloon own
ed by Daniel Never this morning and
shot Ernest James, the negro porter,
dead and mortally wounded Meyer
They tried to rob the place. They
fled after the shooting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-17
Increased Rates Suspended

WASHINGTON. April 17.--Rate in
creases on coal, made by several rail
roads, effecting the consumers, We're
today suspended by the interstefe
commerce commission until Sept. u,
pending an investigation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-17
Ball PLAYERS, Funeral.

TOLEDO, Ohio, April lI.-Thous-
ands Of men, women and children
Viewed the remains of the late Addie
JOSS, the ball player. while it lay in
state here this morning in the Ma
sonic temple. The funeral cortege
extended over half mile.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-17
on''ed States May Step in and Take
Hand in the Mexican Situation
Before Day is
Over
SITUATION is CRITICAL
impending Battles Along the Borde,
Make the Outlook Rather
Promising for Some Ex-
citement.

WASHINGTON, April 17.-secre-
tary OF War Dickinson and General
Wood admitted this morning that a
crisls Is at hand in the Mexican stu
alton.
Many here expect the United States
10 intervene within twenty-four hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-17
selfridae is Injured.

LONDON, April IL Harry G. Self
ridge, former manager of Marshall
Fields Chicago house, the man who
introduced American department
store methods in London. suffered
conclusion Of the brain in an sutomo-
bile accident today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-17
Look Into Mills.

HOBoKEN, n. J,-April IT, Labor
conditions in the mills of the steel
trust are to be probed by a commits.
sion Of five appointed by Judge Gary
This action was decided upon today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-17
Daily River Bulletin.
River Forecast.
Stage. Ieight. .Change. .Wea 'h' i

The river will remain nearly station
AIRY or fall slightly for the next forty
eight hours
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-17
Local Observations.
Mean temperature. Anril i6. 8.

Mean temperature. ADril l6, ..
Highest temperature. 70,
Lowest temneratnre, 70
Lowest temparft're last pieht 80.
FRED z. GoSEw1SCH.
Observer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31

petitioners say that while not wish
ing 10 intervene in the proceedings
my oeSlre to appear specially for
tne purpo Of being heard in behalf
OF themselves and others similarly
feiated 10 the plan already filed. They
ask Tor the privilege of submitting
through counsel such written memo
randa or arguments as they may be
advised.
Acknowledgement Carmody. Of New
cork State, has announced his inten-
uon OF seeking permission to inter
sene In opposition to the disir.egra-
lion pan of the American Tobacco
company. He is ready to loin with
.ne attorney generals of Virginia,
North Carolina and South Carolina.
VINO have already entered protests
against h approval of the plan.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31
Court Orders Permit for
a Hearing In Tobacco
Trust Suit Monday

New York, Oct. 27.-An order was
handed down in the United States
Circuit Court today granting permits
sion to the committee OF 4 per cent
bondholders Of the American Tobacco
Company and the committee Of
6 per cent ~bondholdera Of the com
pany to appear at the public hearing
in the Government suit for the dis
solution Of the on Monday
next.
The United States Circuit Court
also issued an order granting permits
sion to the Lincoln Trus Company, as
trustee, Samuel T. Peters, George Blu
mentnal and John Lynn, holders in
the aggregate of 5,210 shares of the
common stock Of the American To-
taCcO Company, to be heard. Fer
n,i.sslon was also granted to Jonn n.
W~Itiace and others as q committee
Of stockholders of the company TO be
hearG in all these orders.
No permission to intervene WIS
granted and the court directed that
briefs or memoranda must be hard
ed up at or before the commandments
OF the hearing On Monday.
It is set forth in the petition that
the petitioners are not otherwise con-
nected with the American Iobacco
Company or its management except
as investment holders or trustees for
the above mentioned amounts Of the
common stock, and that they are not
parties to the action now before the
court. They assert, however, that
they are vitality Interested in the &C
ton. as investors, and in any plan or
method of reorganization which may
b. presented in compliance with the
decree of the Supreme Court of the
limited States. Attention is called to
the fact that to the best of knowledge
and belief of the petitioners no cue
has appeared outside of the manage
ment to represent the common share
holders although all the other classes
Of security holders have been repre-
sented. and will be represented, at h
forthcoming hearing by duly appoint
Cd and ORGANIZED committees. The
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31
The Rockefeller Educa-
ton Board Distributes
Over Half Million

New York, Oct. Unconditional
appropriations a~ggregating 3635,000
were granted to six colleges and uni
the John D. Rockefeller fund for edu-
cation-the General Education Board
this afternoon.
Applications from u institutions
were presented. From this list the
board selected six, among which Is
distributed conditionally the available
funds.
Among the six institutions Were:
To F'urTnan University, G~reenNille, ;.
c., $4,000 toward 100000; and 70
Southern Methodist University. DAT
las. Texas, 100000 owards $1,000
600.
During the meeting attention was
called to he fact that since Mr..
Rockefeller made his first contribu-
ton to the Board for the promotion
of higher education in 1903 contribu-
tons have been made TO 81 insutu-
tons to an aggregate amount OF w.
$4,000 towards Il total OF $3..sos,-
So. F~ifty-one institutions to which
the Board has made conditional con-
tributions have completed the sub
scriptions for the supplemental sums
required and to these institutions the
Board has already paid s3.5OO,VoO IN
cash.
II was pointed out that as a result
of the ampaigns made by tfs d
institutions their assets have been in
creased by over sI9.0J9.G00, the st1-
dent body increased By 2,e4.. one
hundred and eighty-thTee new pros
eors have been employed, and the
annual ms to professors N en@*
81 institutions has been increased
cA21 -12
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31

tween the monthly per capita cost OF
teacning IN each. the amount ur work
now required TO he undertaken ~ the
,sacner IN each. the use each makes
- me pupils time during school
hours, the professional qualifications
and academic preparation OF .hoSs
now doing the work. the terur. OF
teaching service in each and ,ha
amount OF professional SUPERVISION
eacn type OF school is now actually -
ceiNing. Part one closes with Geduc-
tons and conclusions made from INC
facts presented as ia the possibilities
und limitations of the one-t.aCher
type OF rural school in meeting tn.
needs n demands Of country life.
Part two deals with the problem
OF consolidation Of schools and the
public transportation OF pupils II has
neen the intention OF the writer 10
emcody in this part of the bulletin the
results OF the most successful Ameri-
can experience IN the solution Of this
problem. The beginnings, progress.
extent and popularity of this move
nlent throughout America have been
carefully considered. Here the recog-
nized types of consolidated schools
the union. or two-teacher school. the
consolidated rural graded school and
the typical consolidated graded
school-are discussed at some length,
including the characteristics OF each
type, its advantages and disad-
vantages and its relative efficiency.
The question Of State aid for the pur-
pose of encouraging communities 10
consolidate weak and inefficient one
teacher schools into strong central
schools. with three or more teachers
in the elementary department. is given
consideration. Reliable facts obtained
from County Superintendent and
treasurers reports in representative
situations throughout the United
States bearing upon the total cost OF
consolidation Of schools and public
transportation of pupils, and the total
cost of education in representative
one-teacher schools throughout the
United States are presented. Based
upon these facts, comparison is made
between the total cost of consolida-
ton of 100 and public tr~ansporta-
ton of pupils in these representative
situations and the cost of teaching
alone in the representative o~ne-teach-
er schools in this State. Comparison
is also drawn between the educational
efficiency of the consolidated rural
school through America and the rep
resentative ~one-teacher school in
North Carolina. Several typical CON
solidated schools with cuts OF school.
wagons. buildings and children, rep
resenting the various situations in
this country, are treated IN full detail.
A few typical consolidated schools in
Virginia employing public t~ransporta-
ton and which were visited and close
ly studied by the writer are described,
and the salient points are given.
Part two closes with the beginnings
of consolidation of hoo and public
transportation of pupils in North
Carolina, and the final conclusions
made from the array or significant
facts presented throughout the bulie-
tin.
Copies of this bulletin will he sent
to any one upon application TO the
State Superintendent of ubli In
StructiOn.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31
Particulars OF Death of
Beloved Durham Citizen
in New York Hotel

Especial to News and Observer
New York, Oct. 2S.-Mr. John c..
Angler, of Durham, n. c.. who died
at the Hotel Manhattan in this CITY.
yesterday afternoon, succumbed from
sciatica.
Mr.. Angler came to New York a
week ago believing hat a surgical
operation would relieve the ailment
from which he had been a sufferer for
more than a month.
PHYSICIANS were preparing Mr.. An
sler for h operation, which was to
nave taken place when his condition
permitted. His heart action began
falling yesterday at moor
Mr. b. n. Duke, his brother-in-law,
was called and was with him when
he died.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31

parties TO this affair? Who sent them
70 New York to appear before the
Onfted States Circuit Court in the bus
mess with which hat tribunal has
oeen entrusted by the Supreme Court
at washington? What authority have
they for their most unusual and sur
prlslng course? Who is paying the
expenses Of their venture and why?
What special clients, il any, do they
represent, and what for? What par
ocular African is ~ensconced in this
particular w~oodpile? What assist
ance, II any, have they had in the
preparation Of the petition they have
submitted to the Court? And if
they had any assistance in this way.
who rendered it, and why and what
for?
Their petition is very cleverly
drawn, almost classic in some of it's
features, as, for example, when, IN
protesting against the acceptance Of
the plan submitted to the Court by
the Company, the ATTORNEYS
General say: The plan submitted
contains the same kind Of dismem-
berment that k place when the
hand divides into the fingers Tina is
rhetoric, but it is not law, and it is
not true, but it is great deal more
that the Attorneys General say is
fine rhetoric and nothing more. There
is not a single fact set, forth in the
SANA AZ pCCllkOA vi liz AltoI-
Geys General of which the Court was
not fully appraised before their petit
lion was filed; there is not a recon-
mendatiOn made as to the settlement
of the question with which the Court
must deal hat the Court had not al
ready heard. We do not say that the
plan Of reorganization or dissolution
submitted by the Tobacco Company
is the best way out Of a very difficult
and perplexing situation; but there
are no recommendations in the petit
ton Of the Attorneys General that
the Court could entertain if it be the
purpose of that tribunal to consider
the question in the light Of reason.
There re two courses open in this
MISREPRESENTATION within the limita-
tiors Of the decision of the Supreme
Court and c~onfiscation. We prefer
the former, because it would not ma
terially interfere with the business
conditions Of the country, already
sorely distressed by wildcat legisla-
ton and litigation, though we should
not greatly object to the latter. If the
Tobacco Company should be thrown
into the hands Of a receiver, it would
be operated under the directions Of
the Court, and to operate it sue
cessfully, it would be necessary to
operate it as it has been operated by
it's owners, n we should then thave
a monopoly operated by the Govern
ment, which is opposed to monopo-
lies. That might be the best thing,
after all. In other countries the to-
bacco trade is a government monop-
oily. It would be wholly un-American
but what is there that is purely
American any longer in this coun
try?"
Eve are willing to trust the court
in this case not to be upset either by
the language of the Attorneys-Gen-
eral OF the inadequate plan of disso-
luton proposed by the prisoner at
the bar The question Of Immediate
interest is how the Attorneys-Gen-
eral. got into the case and why?"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31
Consolidation of Schools And
The Public Transportation
of Pupils is Discussed
Valuable Bulletin Issued by the
State Department of Public Instruc-
tiOn-Prepared by Prof. L.. c.
BrOgden it Discusses Questions
Which Have to Do With Progress in
. the Work OF Education.

THE Consolidation Of Schools and
Public Transportation OF Pupils is
the theme of a bulletin prepared by
Prof. Z. c. Brogden. of the Depart
ment of Public Instruction, and issued
by 1t. This bulletin is written with
the hope that it may afford practical
and helpful suggestions to school
committeeman county boards of edu-
cation and county superintendent
who are progressively e~ndeavoring to
increase the efficiency of their rural
schools, and to enable them more eff
fectively to meet the urgent needs
and demands Of country life.
The purpos Of this investigation
his cen Cd to find, through indis-
putable facts, the cost and efficiency
of the representative o~ne-teacher
rural school in North Carolina; 20
to find the comparative cost and eth
cheney of the representative one
teacher rural school, and the cost II
efficiency Of the elementary jnstrhc-
ton in the representative city schcols
of the State; go to find the extent
and the results of the best American
experience in the consolidation OF the
one and t~Wo-teacher rural schools nc
the public transportation Of pipilS;
Cd to find the comparative cost n
e Efficiency of the representative typl-
cal consolidated school in the United
states. 90 10 IOIHl dA Sill t'iO
accurate notion as to the possibilities
OF the representative one-teticheT
school to meet the educational needs
and demands of country life, and 10
reach a valid conclusion as 10
whether it's possibilities and hrnlta-
tons are such that it's continued es-
adjustment as the prevailing type OF
rural school can be justified by ETH
cheney or economy, or whether EN-
or demand it's dis
placement by the typical consolidated
school as the prevailing type OF schooi
most essential for country life
Part one is devoted to a careful
study of the representative one
teacher school. Reliable facts have
been taken from the reports of repre-
sentative County superintendent OF
this State, bearing upon the monthly
per capita cost of instruction IN TINS
type of school and its educational en-
cheney, judged by the amount OF WORK
that it undertakes TO do, the tune
available in which to do the work, the
use il makes of the pupils tune, the
professional qualifications ana AGA
demic preparation of those doing the
work. and the amount of supervisor
il is receiving or is practicable Tor IL
TO receive from the County Superln-
endeut A comparison, based upon
h facts taken from the reports OF
representative city school superin-
tendents. is made between the repre-
sentative one-teacher rural Schooi ana
the elementary department IN sixteen
representative city schools CT inc
State. This comparison IS MADE De
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31
immigration to south Conference.

baltimore. Nd. oct. 27.-GoRernor
Crothers today seEt Invitations 70 tie
Governors Of the Tt~e@ S1sfn n
States to meet in his cits Deeesl1c-
s for a conference o7 tie bEf Wy
to increase Immigration TO thu S31t4
and encourage closer relation De-
tween the South and Baltimore IT,
viii be during Maryland HCeF
when there viii be an exhibition 81
the agricultural products Of IA. state.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31
THE NEWSPAPER CRITICISM.

Following is the editorial IN ques-
ton. which appeared in yesterdays
issue of the Richmond Times-Dls-
patch:
1.-The Three Attorneys GcHcrai.
How did the Attorneys General o.
Virginia, North Carolina and SCUM
Carolina get into the American tonao-
co casep What authority have they
from their several States. to become