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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17

Germs, and to the innumerable mater
ial interests of the people which the
federal government now safeguards.
The objections urged against this
measure are either Pigments Of the
imagination, held by sincere but mis-
guided and prejudiced persons, or
enlightened and the selfish directors
raised by those having a selfish in
terest in the perpetuation of existing
conditions. The misguided must be
enlightened and the selfish DIRECTORS
must be exposed. The more discus
sion there is on this important sub
ject, the better The more thoroughly
the plan is understood, the clearer
will its advantages be seen, and the
sooner will it become a reality.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17
a STEP TOWARD CHURCH UNITY

-
The Literary Digest publishes a
summary of the report of the Com
n ittee On Scope and Plan Of the joint
commission of all Christian churches,
which was initiated by the Episcopal
General Conference last year at Gin
cinnati. Among the churches which
have appointed members of the joint
commission are: Congregational,
Methodist, Baptist Reformed, Disci-
pies of Christ, the various Presbyter-
ian bodies, the Evangelical Lutheran
and Dutch Reformed. The report de
fines the purpose Of the proposed con
ference to be to prepare the way
FOR the outward and visible reunion
OF all who confess our Lord Jesus
Christ as Lord and Savior and for
the fulfillment of the Lords prayer
that all may be one.'' 1t also says
that the conference is to be for the
purpose of considering those things
in which we differ"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17

The alumnae of Smith College have
tust concluded an investigation show
ing that out of fifty-seven marriages
of college girl graduates only one re
suited in divorce. They find that the
percentage of divorces in the mar
rage of noncollege women is one o
every ten. Miss Chaplin, dean of Well
esley, has this to say: college wo
men usually marry late in life. The.
know their own minds and find happi
ness.'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17
HIGHER PRICES TO FARMERS.

Short crops of corn, potatoes, hay
and oats and good crop of cotton
have had their effect on the prices
which are being paid to farmers for
their produce. Inquiry by department
of agriculture regarding prices paid
on October 1, compared with that date
a year ago, shows that barley aver
aged 45.6 per cent higher; potatoes,
500 per cent higher: hay, 22.7 per
cent higher: oats, ia per cent high
er; corn, rs per cent higher; chick.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17

ems, 6 per cent lower; butter. 90 per
cent lower; eggs, 1917 per cent lower,
and cotton, 1928 per cent lower.
Similarly prices on September IS,
compared with the same date last
year, for clover seed averaged 1872
per cent higher; sweet potatoes. 23.1
per cent higher; onions, 81 per cent
higher; apples, 4.6 per cent lower;
beef cattle. Al per cent lower; wool
11.9 per cent lower; lambs, 14.2 pei
cent lower; sheep, 1877 per cent lower;
hogs, 81 per cent lower.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17

Miss Florence Sanville, general sec.
Rotary of the Consumers League, is
carrying on a campaign for the pub
Tic ownership of all great Industrial
corporations as means of eliminat.
ing extreme forms OF poverty. She
lcommends the work OF those teaching
about tuberculosis and improper
housing, feeding and SO on. but in.
tsists that before any great progress
can be made that all these move
ments must unite In attacking the
root OF the various evils, poverty It
self.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17

The latest innovation in connection
with the Des Moines commission gov
eminent is the creation Of sort Of
city marriage bureau of which the
mayors secretary is manager and
the city physician and clerk are ad-
Ivisory members Women wishing hus-
bands are invited to register their
names, addresses and photographs
and age. Mayor Hanna will marry
free all couples brought together in
this way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17
Final Decree For Willie.

flnaI Deufee For Wittic.
They are hazing darling Willie; he
is hanging from a tree;
They have robbed him of his clothing,
and they whoop with ghoulish
glee;
They have made him walk tight
rope. they have ducked him in
the lake;
But we're hoping he'll live through 1t,
If his dear neck doesn't break.
They have made him walk barefooted
where they scattered carpet
tacks;
He is wounded on his forehead where
they hit him with an axe;
They have made him pass blindfolded
where misstep meant his
death,
But we're hoping he'll pull through It
II he doesn't lose his breath.
They are hazing darling Willie; he ii
hanging from limb
While the merry, merry hazers stick
long splinters into him;
They have scorched his feet, pretend
ing they would burn him at the
stake,
But we're hoping he'll live through it
If his dear neck doesn't break.
IS. e. Kiser in Record-Herald
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17
A Medicine That Gives Confidence

A Medicine That Gives Confidence
Is Foley's Honey and Tar Compound.
Mrs. T. j. Adams, 522 No. Kansas
Ave-, Columbus, Kan, writes: For
a number of years my children have
been subject to coughs and colds.
used Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
and found that it cured their coughs
and colds, SO | keep it in the house
all the time" Refuse substitutes
Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17

On the question of football George
Fitch writes: Football is played
mostly by collegians because by the
time a man is out Of college he has
sense enough not to play it. An ole
player can be told by the quiet way
in which he doesn't dodge street cars
automobiles, hoodlums and lightning
If they hit him 1t is their own fault
and he does not hold himself respon-
sible for the consequences.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17
BRYAN GIVES UP ALL HOPE.

For what is believed to be the first
time in his career, William ]. Bryan
in a speech at Arapahoe, Neb., last
Saturday night, publicly acknowledged
that he will never be President of the
United States. The statement was
made at the close of political speech
Mr.. Bryan made to an audience OF
farmers. He said:
81 never shall be President, but
rather would go to my grave with
the consciousness that l have done
right, that have done all in my
power to give my country the best
possible form Of government than tc
be President"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17
Wilson and the Brewers.

Sioux City Journal: If the brewers
are ready to enlist in a campaign for
pure beer and we'll regulated saloons,
they can do more for practical tenn
perance than any organization that
refuses to tolerate anything short of
an unattainable ideal. If the brewers
are not in earnest in processing
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17

take into account the cost OF the car
bons and of maintenance for the arc
lamp. The cost of maintenance varies
considerably according to where the
lamp is placed; and In some cases.
although consuming more energy. the
tungsten lamp, which can now be
made in large candle powers, can com
pare successfully with the flame arc.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17
Lightnina's Freak.

A strange freak of lightning is re-.
ported from France. During a recent
thunderstorm the lightning struck
three byres in village in the depart
ment of the Loire, killing off the cows
In each byre that were lying down
is in all-while all those standing up
escaped unhurt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17

One-third Of the cost of living Is
said to be due to the expense OF trans
portation. The most expensive trans
portation is from the farm to market
over poor roads.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17

According to the Hannibal Journal,
Missouri Democracy is pledged to
Joseph W. Folk for President. Isn't
Champ Clark to have even look-in
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17
DAILY BY MAIL

DAILY By MALL q, m
One year 49, 00lFour months *
Six months. lbo'one month. :. ::sscon "a
Entered in Keokuk postonice % seso-'-
class matter. auonce
Postage prepaid: terms .b In aav rive tho
Il p q address ard state whether II 10
new or renewal order; r hot fnI the old
Remit BY postofrice money s..ssa G lettei
express money order. reBistereo
or draft, a.. our risk. ,ddress OF
The date printed on the annean rrsst
each paper notes when the suoscf10e
expires. .a,a,va their
paners promptly will confer q FAVOR ~
giving notice of the fact.
Address all communicating 70 ANy
THE GATE CITY CONN.,.
No is. North Sixth St., Keokuk' Ao"
THE GATE CITY is on sale at the
following news stands: r.hn.on.
Hotel keolsuk. cor. Third ana Jon trset.
c. III. Rollins & Co.. 62S Maan 81
Ward Bros. 525 Main street
Depot News STAND
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17
The Dam A : smoke AboIi.her

The Dam AS Smoke Abollsher.
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat: If the
Keokuk dam will reduce the smoke in
St. Louis one-fifth, it doesn't take
long to see how many dams will be
needed to reduce 1t to invisibility.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17

caused by some powerful explosive
placed under the ship, thus confirm
ing the verdict of the American court
martial at the time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17

The revolution in China is real
tempest in teapot.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17

That the battleship Maine was not
blown up by an explosion of her own
boilers, as some people believed at
the time, was definitely proved the
other day when the excavation of the
old wreck in the cofferdam at Ha
vana disclosed the boilers in their
normal condition, with the one excep
ton that one of the forward boilers
was moved bodily astern by the blast
from the magazine. Although not of
ficially announced as yet, it is gener
ally understood that the appraised pc
sition Of the bottom OF the shll
proved positively that the wreck was
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17

The big Ecumenical Conference of
the Methodist church at Toronto de.
voted much of its second week to the
discussion Of social service problems
and the family. Divorce came in for
a sharp scoring. Socialism and labor
unions also were up. Rev. B. 3. Had
don of England spoke of the great
progress of socialism in that country,
and said that its leaders, more than
formerly, were in sympathy with the
church; were, in fact, Christian So
cialists. Modern conditions of society
he declared to be scandal to civiliza
ton. The Business Committee pre-
scented a resolution calling for the
creation of worlds welfare bureau
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17

Oh, Tell Usl
When schools Of aviation are found
ed will they award scholarships
Lippincott's.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17

keokuk, Iowa ..........oct u 1911
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-28
TRAIN WRECK is FATAL TO go.
Most Appalling Accident in the His.
tory Of South Africa Railways.

Grahamstown, Cape Colony, S. A
Thirty-tWo persons were killed in
the wreck of passenger train on the
kowie railway when it plunged to de-
struction into gorge $50 feet deep
through the collapse of the Blaakwa-
krantz bridge. In addition many were
injured, some of them probably fatal
ly. 1t was the most appalling wreck
in the history of South African rail-
ways.
The rescue work involved heart
rending experiences. A large mass Of
wreckage lodged on ledge 12O feet
down, and it was many hours before
all were removed from the difficult
crags and hoisted in sacking to the
lip of the gorge. One little girl had a
miraculous escape. She was caught
in fork of the bridge and held by
one foot over the ravine. The res
cuers had to scale Orders to the
height of 200 feet to bring her down.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-28
2OMORf CLERKS TREMBLE.
TO De DROPPED FOR iNcom,
PETENcv.
inspectors Will Charge That Men
Carried Unnecessary Weight
On Cars.

st. Paul, Minn.-FYfty-two mail
clerks in the Minneapolis division are
facing suspension as, the result Of q
report Of postofffce inspectors and AS
sistant Superintendent Whitney of St
Paul, charging them with carelessness
and incompetency. The report has
been sent to c. E. Johnson, acting
chief clerk of the Minneapolis divi.
sion.
Railway mail clerks, whose names
have been recommended for suspen.
sion by the inspectors, say it is but
an excuse for their suspension in con.
nection with their part in the organ.
ization of the brotherhood of Rail.
way Mail Clerks" formed during the
winter following the controversy be.
tween the pOstofiice department and
the Tracy-Pierre clerks.
Postoffice inspectors who recon.
mend the suspension deny the charges
OF the clerks and say their recommen.
dations have been made on the
grounds that the clerks are using un.
necessary equipment on their runs,
thus aiding railway mail weighers to
secure high weight of the mails on
which the government contracts for
the next four years are made.
The report of the inspectors and
Mr.. Whitney follows week of inves.
tigation over the roads of the Mime.
apolis division. Last week Mr.. Whit.
ney and Postof1ice Inspectors Munro,
Hugdal. Pierce and White made trips
over every railroad in the division.
Unnecessary Sacks Used.
In their report they say scores of
mail sacks are used with only three
or four letters in them. This, they
claim, constitutes unnecessary use of
equipment" and raises the weight of
the mails several hundred pounds
daily more than the figures should
be.
Each sack weighs five to ten pounds
and their unnecessary use raises the
weight of the mails needlessly. Dur
ing mail weighing season, which
started in February and will end in
May, every precaution is taken by
the government to curtail the use OF
all equipment except that which is
absolutely necessary to transport the
mails properly.
Two or three sacks were found on
one run with only one letter each in
them" said one post Office inspector
today. "The name of the clerk who
makes up these sacks is put on the
lock of each sack. We took those
names and turned them into the act
ing chief clerk of the division. He
will recommend their suspension. II
has nothing to do whatever with the
controversy existing between the
clerks and the department"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-28
CHIEF koHLER is DEFiED.
Cleveland Police Have Old-Fashioned
Idea Of Enforcing Laws.

Cleveland, Ohio. Open war on
Chief of Police Fred Kohler was de.
clared by members of the Forum club.
social organization of police Off
GERS, when five of their number raided
downtown saloons and arrested the
proprietors on charges of disobeying
the Sunday closing law,
The raids were led by Patrolmen
Charles Savage and William Luther.
After they had arrested 10 saloonkeep-
ers, Chief Kohler appeared at the
central police station and released
the prisoners on their own recogniz-
ance. Savage said warrants for those
freed would be applied for. Kohler
then forbade all precinct stations to
accept prisoners sent in by the raid
ing patrolmen.
In one saloon, Police Captain Thorn.
as Madden was arrested on a charge
of intoxication.
Up to midnight nearly so saloons
and disorderly houses had been raid.
ed.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-28
|DULUrHiAN SAYS HINES LUMBER
co. MAN TOLD HIM OF
CONTRIBUTING.
|T0 THE L0RIMER FUND
$4,000 Was Sum manufacturers
ton Took Place On winnipeg
Flyer Says the Wit.
ness.

Springfield, Illinois.-Three more
important points developed dur.
.ng the hearing before the senate bri-
oery Investigation committee. The
irst was the defiance of a committee
mandate by Edward Tilden, Chicago
packer and banker.
Tilden was under subpoena to pro-
luce his banking accounts: in person
before the committee. Instead, he
sent a lawyer. The lawyer read an
affidavit and letter to the committee
rom Mr.. Tilden.
The affidavit said that Mr.. Tilden
Knew absolutely nothing and his bank
accounts showed nothing directly or
indirectly upon the election Of Sena-
or Lorimer The letter stated that
Mr. Tilden would allow one member
If the committee to examine his bank
accounts in confidence, provided he
(Tilden) was allowed to name such
member Of the committee.
The second surprise occurred before
he committee when William Burgess,
4 Duluth electrical contractor, took
he witness stand. Burgess testified
hat as late as March, 1911, p. F.
Wiehe, brother-in-law of Edward
Hines, declared that he (Wiehe) sub
scribed $4,000 to a jackpot used to
effect the election of Lorimer. Bur-
CESS said that this conversation took
olace aboard the Winnipeg flyer in
he smoking compartment of sleep
ng car.
Hopkins Memory Poor.
The third phase of the case against
-orimer was opened up by former
United States Senator Albert J. Hop
Sins of Aurora and Chicago. Mr..
Hopkins testified that former State
Senator Mccormick of Madison coun-
y. had told Mr.. Hopkins secretary,
John NJ. PETERS, that he (Senator Nc
Jormick) had been offered $4,000 to
,ote for Mr. Lorimer Former Sena-
or Hopkins proved a somewhat reluc-
ant witness and his memory was poor
'egarding many things said to have
occurred about the time of Lorimer's
election.
In connection with Edward TiIden's
:efusal to appear before the commit
ZEE, officials of the Drovers' Deposit
National Bank OF Chicago also de-
,lined to submit certain accounts
which they had been called upon by
subpoena to produce before the COM
nittee.
A letter from the vice president of
that bank was read. The banker
stated that I'VE feel strongly that it
would not be right for us to disclose
me private transactions OF one of our
clients in any such sweeping manner
is is demanded by your subpoena"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-28
cAMoRRIsTs HAVE FITS.
New Phase to Murder Trial at Viter.
ho, Italy.

Viterbo, Italy. An unexpected
outbreak on the part of the Camor.
rist prisoners, inexplicable ON any
other ground than the volatile nature
of the Neapolitans, forced recess in
the murder trial until the gendarmes
could restore order.
The outbreak was the most violent
that has yet marked the trial and
came Immediately on converting OF
court. It began by several of the pris
oners manifesting either real OF
feigned hysteria and within a few
minutes all the other prisoners had
become affected until the big steel
cage resembled violent ward in ar
asylum.
The prisoners wept, screamed, beat
the bars of the cage, moaned and
hurled excavations at the court until
a recess was taken.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-28
White Girt to Wed chinaman.

Calumet. Michigan.-John Sing, "a
years old, Chinese laundryman
slant, aged %, of East St. Louis were
married here. The woman is good
looking and intelligent, an American.
and claims to come from a good fami-
ly. She says she is marrying Sing
because she loves him and believes
they will b. happy. The bridegroom is
well educated in an American school
and processes to have embraced the
Christian religion and has been in
America % years.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-28
TROUBLE m MOROCCO
MASSACRE Is REPORTED FROM,
FEE.
Rebels Capture City and The For.
eign Colony IL In
Danger.

Madrid, Spain.-The gravest fears
are today felt for, the foreigners in Fez
and throughout Morocco, following the
receipt of official advices from Gen.
eral Altar, commanding the Spanish
forces in Ceuta. Telegraphing the min.
lister of war, Senior Luque, the general
says that an Arab who has arrived
there from Fee brings confirmation of
the news that the rebels have captured
the Moroccan capital.
When this Arab managed to escape
form the city the rebels were running
amuck in the native quarter butcher.
ing men, women and children indis.
criminally. The adherents of Sultan
Mulai Hafid were being terribly tor.
tured before being put to death.
The sultan and all of the foreigners
had taken refuge in the consulates
where they will make desperate re.
sfstence if attacked. There are about
fifty persons in the foreign colony, of
whom dozen are women. AS far as
known there are no Americans there.
A force of 1900 Moors left Tangier
to relieve Colonel Bremond and his
French force, who were reported sur
rounded by the rebels twenty miles
northwest of Fee. This force is we'll
armed nd equipped and is command
ed by French officers. 1t was admit
ted that there was little hope they
would arrive in time to save Colonel
Bremond's forces, but the officers in
command said they would avenge his
death. if he and his men have been
annihilated.
1t was believed that unless France
and Spain undertake strang progress.
in Morocco will be massacred, while
foreign interests will lose heavily.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-28
Plant Of Dynamite Found in Titfin.


Indianapolis, Indiana.-A message
received here from Tiffin, Ohio, from
Detective w. J. Burns, who led the
raid on the Offices of the Information
al Association of Bridge and Structur-
al Iron Workers here stated that a
plant" of between 800 and 400 lbs.
Of dynamite was found there.
The dynamite was contained in a
rough wooden box, locked with pad
lock and hidden in shed in the rear
of the home of James McManigal.
father Of Ortie E. McManigal, one of
the men indicted in connection with
the Los Angeles Times building explo-
sion, arrested at Detroit and now be.
ing taken to Los Angeles.
The dynamite was tightly packed
and it was estimated the total number
Ct sticks weighed between 300 and
400 pounds.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-28
TROUBLE AT MUScATlNE.
Sutton Workers Riot Causes Militia to
Be Called.

Muscatine, Iowa. The collecting
If several thousand persons around
he button plant of the Automatic But.
:on factory caused Sheriff Vannatta to
:a!! out Company c, the local com.
pany of the 54th regiment, Iowa Ma.
sjcpal Guard. AS the company ap.
preached the factory the soldiers were
greeted with bowls from the mob
Capt. Lange called upon the crowd to
lisperse and the soldiers, advancing
With fixed bayonets, enforced the or
Ter. The mob reformed on other cor
ners, but the militiamen followed
them up.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-28
Confession At CHICAGO.

Chicago, Illinois.-Captain Stephen
Wood, chief Of the Chicago detective
bureau, said that full confession
had been obtained from one of the
men arrested in Detroit.
According to Captain Wood, it de.
scribes in detail the dynamiting of
railroad trains. buildings and factor
lee where conflicts between union
and non-union labor existed. The loss
of many lives and the destruction Of
property valued at almost $4,000, 900 is
ssid to be detailed.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-28
Andrew Carnegie Gives $1,000.

Pittsburg, Penn.-Andrew Carnegie's
check for $1,000 was received
here to be applied to the fund being
raised by Pittsburg residents of Eng
fish birth for the proposed King Ed.
ward VII. memorial. The fund will
be turned over to the tuberculosis
league on May G. the first anniversary
of King Edwards death, as an en-.
dowment for research laboratory
which will be named THE King Ed.
ward VII. Memorial Laboratory of the
Pittsburg tuberculosis Sanitarium.''
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-28
DAILY MARKET REPORTS.
.s Twin City Markets.

Minneapolis. Apr. 24.-Wheat, May.
97Ac: July. 9sMc; No. northern,
$1.0011z; No. 2 northern, 9sx; No. /.
durum, S5A; No. corn, SIC; No. 8
white oats. 3lkc; barley. mating.
$1.0s; No. 2 rye. soc; No. / max, 32.5s.
Duluth. April "a. Wheat, May.
97hc; July, 9S9tc; No. / northern.
9Shc.
South st. Paul. April 24.-Cattle-
Steers. 35.40@5.5o: cows. 3s.75@ 6. 90:
calves, $3.7506.25; hogs, $685. 10:
sheep. yearlings. S2.oo@5.oo. q.