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Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21
incidents in Society

Col. and Mrs. Joseph F. Fletcher OF
Providence gave a dance at the Aga
wan Hunt, Wednesday evening, in
honor of Miss Harriet NJ. II. Fletcher.
Among those present was Miss Mary
White Of Norwich who is Miss fetch
er's house guest
A pleasant family party for Christ
mas has been arranged by Arthur II.
Brewer OF Broad street. The guests
Will include Mr.. Brewers brother,
Frank c Brewer. and Mrs. Brewer. of
Boston, Miss Ruth Wellington OF New
York, a niece, Miss Buck OF Boston.
Edwin Bynner of New York. "A nephew
and Robert Brewer OF Boston, in addi-
ton to Mr.. Brewers three daughters,
Mrs. William A. Norton, Mrs Willis
Austin and Mrs. Iucius Briggs Of
Norwich. with their husbands and
children.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

After being off duty for a period Of
ten days. Chief Murphy returned to
police headquarters Wednesday
Captain Linton, WEo has been acting
in the absence Of the chief resumed
night work Wednesday night.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

night at the police station, the bah
which was offered by the sister of one
of them not being accepted. Seduction
is the charge in one case, and charge
of similar nature is brought in the
other case.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21
TWO YoNNe MEN ARRESTED.
Brought in on Warrants and Serious
Charges May Be the Result.

Tive young men were arrested on
"Wednesday, one by Policeman Maien-
ey and the other by Sergeant Twomey,
on charges which may have a serious
aspect when they are presented in
court this morning. Both spent the
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

The first series of pinochle games
which has been in progress for the
past few months in the West Side
PinocEle club closed "Wednesday
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21
JORDAN RETAINS
PINoCHLE CHAMPIONS SHIP.

Finished Ahead of Robinson by lis
Points - Another Series Next
Month.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

Without epiates or harmful drugs OF
any kind Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound stops coughs and cures colds.
Do not accept any substitute. Ice e.
Osgood CO.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

The sales of Christmas trees and
greenery viii be larger than ever, this
year. In addition to the usual sup
ply of wreaths. trees. etc. furnished
1narketmen, several stations for the
sales of decorations and trees have
been established at different points
about town.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

That the Connecticut company is en-
deavortng to comply with the request
of the ID. A. r. chapters of the state
for lower car steps is evident from the
fact that for inspection by the state
public utilities commission officials Of
the Connecticut company Tuesday sent
a closed trolley car TO a station on
Capitol avenue. Hartford where they
Experimental in dropping the step, for
d reduction of the distance in entering
and leaving the car.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-21

James B. Terry of Ciriswold recently
Killed two spring porkers, months
old, that tipped the scales at $50 and
500 pounds. The Terry brothers are
well known pork raisers, but these
two solid porkers are the heaviest that
has been raised by them for several
years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
EXTRA SESSION
FOR NEXT MONTH
President Makes Announcement In
directly at Dinner Party Last
Night.

lGate City Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON Feb. 26.-President
Taft tonight in effect announced that
he expects to call congress into an
extra session, in a speech at dinner
!glven by local business men to Rep
resentative Washington Garner of
Michigan, chairman of the District of
Columbia, sub committee of the house
committee on preparations who was
defeated for reelection.
Speaking of the things congressman
must do for their home district Pres
ident Taft said: If Representative
Gardner had devoted himself less as
Isiduously to the needs of the District
Iof Columbia, and had paid more at
tention to his district in Michigan, he
would be here next month
This statement was at once seized
upon by the diners as a prediction of
an extra session and was greeted with
tremendous applause.
Speaker Cannon frankly told the cit
liens OF the district that they were
getting already more than their pro-
portionate share Of congressional at
tention and should not complain.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
THE SITUATION
DOWN IN MEXICO
Rebels Waiting to be Wiped Out But
the Attack Has Not Been

IGate City Leased Wire Service. ]
Ell PASO. Texas. Feb. 25. News
was received tonight from Ah,mada
that Francisco Madero, with nm army
of 2,4o0 insurrectos is calmly waiting
the coming of the federal forces that
set out from Juarez, chihuahua and
Casas Grandes to hem him in and he
occupies an entrenched position in the
open valley that is perfectly level for
five miles in ever direcron.
Twice Rabago returned to Jrarez
after going to witt in is miles of Mad
ero, and it isreported that he is find
ing di1sculty in getting the federal
soldiers to close in for a death grapple
with the insurrectos
The two American boys l.. +. Con
verse and Edmund Platt, accused o.
being insurrecto spies, were given a
preliminary hearing in Jnarez today.
but the finding Of the court is un-
known.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
April d as Date.

FGate City Leased Wire Seryice.l
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25-President
Taft today set April 4 as the date of
the extra session of congress, in case
he is obliged TO carry out his threat
The intlmation that March 30 would
be the date brought requests for a de-
lay from Spealer-elect Champ Clark
and Representative Oscar S Under
wood of Alabama. chairman TO be Of
the ways and means committee. The
president recognized Clark and Under
wood as the guiding spirits OF the next
house and agreed to observe their
wishes, in case the senate fails to vote
at the present session on the Canadian
reciprocity. @
The additional time was asked by
the democrats so they may arrange for
the organization of the new house
committees
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
amen CORNER
HOLDS SESSION
Four Eastern Governors and Mayor
eaynor Were Guests of
Honor at the
Banquet.
SENSATIONAL STUNTS
Organization Enjoys Reading the
Want Ads in the Latest Issue
of the official
Organ.

[Gate City Leased Wire Service.
I NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-Wtih Gov.
John A. Dix of New York, Gov. Sim
con E. Baldwin of Conn, Gov. Eugene
IN. Foss Of Mass, Coy. Woodrow Will
son Of New Jersey and Mayor Vim. j.
fsarnor of New York as guests af hons
or the Amen Corner Went through
IA series of sensational stunts in
connection with its eleventh annual
dinner at the Waldorf tonight. The
organization took its name from the
leather covered settee in the corner
of the now demlished Fifth Ave. ho-
tel, which were occupied by Thomas
G. Plat and other political bosses.
One feature was vari-colored cards
suspended over the tables labeled as
follows: Sun owned by j. r. Nor
gan: Moon owned by J. D. Rockefel-
Ter; Mars, owned by Andrew Carne-
gle
During the dinner the Amen Cor
ner Axe, the official newspaper organ
was distributed. In its classified
advertisements were the following:
WANTED: A spot light that one
can manage and stand in at the same
time without danger.
RECENT experiences from which
advertiser has not yet recovered rem
ders him cautious. 7. r., Oyster Bay.
FOR SALE; Two gross of crutches
for lame ducks. All bear the original
trade mark standpat Address W
H. T., White House"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26

For the merchants Keokuk of
It's worth while
That the former
of
the used this
smen.
in its
campaign nerts
to
vicinity that will
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
LANDS
NEAR ST. JOSEPH
TWO Occupants Were Caught in Snow
Storm and Went 800
Miles.
[Gate City Leased Wire Service /

LGate City Leased Wire Serviee.l
ST. JOSEPH, Mo, Feb. 25.-Be.
lieving they were still over Oklahoma,
suffering from exposure and unable
TO make headway in the terrifice
storm that was raging, w. A.
Assmann and j. NJ. O'Reilly, st. Louis
aeronauts in the balloon Miss Sofia, .
landed three miles northwest of Cow
er, at Sis this afternoon. They
started from San Antonio at GAY
yesterday evening and the estimated
distance they travelled at 500 miles.
Both men are spending the night
at the farm house of Roy Grave. on
whose farm they landed. They will
return to ST. Louis with their bal
loon tomorrow
The balloon was not damaged in
the descent as the men came down
in an open field. The balloon still
had plenty of gas and plenty of bal
last and the two aeronauts say they
could have continued had it not been
for the binding snaM
O'Reilly and Assllann were com
peting for the Lahm distance trip
trophy. They fell far short of the
record.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
LITTLE GIRL
SNATCHED Ut
Most Daring Kidnapping in Southwest
Takes Place When Marie
Hurt is Spirited
Away.
IN AN AUTOMOBILE
IN AN AUTOMOBILE
Vaudeville Agents Thought to Have
Stolen Her to Put Her Be.
hind the Foot
lights.

LGate City Leased Wire Service.
ENID, Okla, Feb. 25.-The most
daring kidnapping ever reported in the
southwest occurred late this after
noon at Kingfisher, near here, when
Marie Hurt, aged twelve, was seized
Iw while playing on her parents lawn
and whirled away in an automobile.
The screams of the child as she was
borne away aroused the population
|of the village and the wires are hot
tonight with messages telling the po-
lice of all cities within two hundred
miles of the kidnapping.
Feeling in the village is at fever
heat and mob violence is threatened IL
the perpetrators of the outrage are
captured
The missin. child is the daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. w S. Hurt, wealthy resi-
dents of the village AT the time of
the kidnapping, the childs father was
at his drug store while the mother
was in the rear part of the family
home.
There were no eye witnesses of the
snatching, although several persons
noticed the strange automobile drive
into the village. Some assert it con
tanned three men while others say
there were only two in the car. The
child's father says he has received no
letters demanding money to prevent
the kidnapping and believes the child
was seized by agents of vaudeville
actor in New Mexico who saw her
in Kingfisher last summer and
is said to have asserted he would like
to see her go on the stage The child
has shown extraordinary histronic
ability. Mrs. Hurt is prostrated and
physicians are in attendance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
House Made Recoro.

IGate City Leased Wire Service.1
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.The house
tonight made record in passing the
sundry civil appropriation bill, the
greatest supply measure of the ses-
sion which had been UP only two
days The bill carried more than
S140 100000 1t usually has taken five
to fifteen days
Only three minor alterations in the
bill were made on the floor. Without
dissenting voice S45,56O.0o0 was ap-
propriated for continuing work on the
Panama canal. an unprecedented pro-
ceeding.
The blll carried $$50,0oo for raising
the battleship Maine 100000 for the
continuation OF the tariff board for two
years and s3,00o,o00 for terrifying the
Panama canal
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
Farmers Are Prosperous.

IGate City Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-That the
farmer and prosperity are marching
forward hand in hand, was the state
ment of Victor H. Olmstead, chief of
the bureau of statistics tonight.
The price of products in which the
yield is comparatively small, he said,
has increased The farmers have far
more bountiful crops, while decreasing
in price, aggregated more than ever
before he declared, before the huge
yield resulting from scientific meth
DDS. "The American farmer is rapid
ly approaching his saturnalia,' Ohm
able has been the increase in his prof
its during the past two years.
With crops, the conditions are DIFF
ferent, but the trend toward prosperi-
ty is even more pronounced. Prices
have gone down, but scientific farming
has made the yield so much greater
than it was few years ago that while
the ultimate consumer gets his vaget-
ables cheaper, the farmer clears more
per acre today than ever before in his
history. This is true of corn. pota-
toes. wheat. oats, hay barley and rye.
s'This is true OF corn per bushel, for
instance, has dropped from 6f.4 cents
on Feb. I, 1909, to 40 cents on the
same date this year-but there are
farmers who are now getting 225I
bushels of corn TO the acre which is
almost double the yield few years
ago. The expenses of the consumer
are cut down. materially. while the
farmer, although he gets less per unit
sale. sells so much more than former
ly that his ultimate profits are in
creased"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
Chance Of Secretaries.

[Gate City Leased Wire Servicel
WASHINGTON, Feb 25.That
ClaIlles d. Hiiles, Assistant Secretary
of Treasury will be nominated by
President Taft next week to succeed
Chas. Dyer Norton as Secretary to the
President, and that Robert 0. Bailey
secretary to Treasurer Maeyeagh.
will succeed Hilles. was generally re-
ported in Washington tonight 1t is
believed Norton will become vice
president OF the First National banls
of New York.
Bailey, il is understood, will step
into Hiiles' shoes in few days and
Hilles will begin his duties at the
White House between March and
April l.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
One DAY in
CONGRESS HALLS
Borah Resolution for Election of Sen
ators by the People is Laid
Low With Club of
Amendment.
EXTRA SESSION APRIL 4
Democrats Are Ready for it and APP
pear Anxious to Get Busy
and Save the
Country.
EXTRA SESSION APRIL 4
Gate CITY Leased Wire Service

IGate City Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.--Having
succeeded by the use of the Sutherland
amendment as club in laying out
the Borah resolution for the election
of senators by the people, the oppo-
nents of that measure were in good
humor tonight They believe they
have averted the possibility of its
passage at the present session and left
1T as an issue to be fought out in the
next congress. But Senator Borah
tRepublican. 1daho,) expects to force
a vote any way the first showdown
on this subject ever obtained in the
senate
Friends of the resolution are insis-
tent that the amendment offered by
Sutherland, was a cover for opposition
to the popular election OF senator's, al
though definitely to prove the motives
1t implies. 1t is considered signifi-
can't. however, that the men opposed.
to the election of senator's were strong
IN, their support OF the Sutherland
amendment. he latter sfrarl Foiii
the resolution a provision that gave
the states absolute control of sena-
torial elections.
More evidence that the Sutherland
proposition was their main reliance
was the fact that after 1t had been
adopted and the defeat of the resolu-
ton apparently assured, they dropped
all other proposed amendments
The tactics of the foes of the reso-
luton 1t is charged, was TO befog the
issue. Heavy legal arguments were
made that the resolution as introduc-
ed, would If adopted, destroy the
most important link between the con
gress and the president
With a view of diverting senator's
from supporting the simple resolution
for the election OF senators i'll the
final vote, the opponents placed upon
the suspicion of the south that fed
eral agents might be placed in charge
of their elections
Able lawyers in the senate said to-
day that these arguments were alb
surd, but that they made an impress
sion on some senator's They declar-
ed that there is ample power in the
constitution with or without the Suth.
erland amendment, for the govern
ment to enforce fair elections of fed
eial officials.
AS matters stand. the friends of the
measure expect TO get over fifty votes
in its favor. Its passage would re-
quire sixty-one votes, or more than
two-thirds.
A number of southern democrats,
not being frightened by the ghosts
coniured by the Sutherland amend
ment advocates, viii vote for the reso-
luton in its present form, which calls
simply for the popular election of SEN
ators.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
West Has Ii Also.
[Gate City Leased Wire serv

lGate City Leased Wire Service.l
SAN. FRANCISCO, Feb. 25.-.All
bids fair for Californias prosperity
said Governor Johnson tonight. I'VE
have settled, or are in fair way to
settle, some Of the most difficult po-
litical and economic problems of the
state. Government is being returned
into the hands of the people. The dom
nation Of the gigantic corporations
which has sucked the life blood of
California for decades is at an end.
The citizenry is more than ever alive
to it's rights and will have no nay to
its proper demands.
Add to all this, the magnificent
physical condition Of the state, the
bonntiful crops, the nnexampled tide
OF American inlmigrationsand invest
ment here and the swift recovery Of
San Francisco from near destruction
and we have ample cause to be happy.
] believe that California is entering
on new era. Fortune favors us
now
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
RAILROADS TQ
ACCEPT RULING
It is Thought That No Action Will Be
Taken Toward Court
Defense.

lGate City Leased Wire Service.1
CHICAGO, Feb. 25-WhiIe the ac-
tion of the western railroads regard
ing the proposed fight in the courts
against the ruling of the interstate
commerce commission, preventing
the raising of freight rates, will un-
doubtedly be influenced by the action
to be taken by the eastern roads,
there is a growing tendency on the
part of the western officials to ac-
cept the decision rather than add to
the general resentment that is sweep
ing the country against the proposed
addition of hundreds of millions of
dollars to the Golfers of the railroads.
Nearly all the heads of the rail
roads centering in Chicago are in
New York TO participate in Mondays
meeting of the eastern railroad Of
ficials and attorneys. The western ex-
acutives will return to Chicago in
time to participate in ? meeting here,
probably Wednesday, of the western
executives, at which time some def
mite line of action will be decided up
Cu
Attorneys representing the western
railroads declare their belief that the
order of the commission is unjust and
Illegal, but add "Would it be wiser
to submit to this ruling. or to go into
the courts. with the certainty that
court action would arouse nublio sem
timens to point that would seriously
affect the standing the railroads. :"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
Clicks From the
Washington Wire

prepared; first. to stick together and
work IN unison as they have not
done in the past fourteen years; sec
and. to legislate intelligently upon
the tariff, schedule by schedule; third,
to propose and execute thorough
and satisfactory program on legisla-
tion.
There is no reason why we should
not stay in Washington If President
Taft calls this extra session. either
until we have put through our entire
program. or until the beginning of the
next session in December
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
Psperity Extends
Ouer the Land

- ENJOYING an era of prosperity un-
lnluenced by the manipulations Of the
seock market. Merchants and manu-
lacturers declare the city's industries
are e, IN better condition than in years
me volume OF incoming and outgoing
lleignt is the largest in the history
u oe. LOUIS That this activity is on
q solid basis is shown by clearing
house report of almost $4,000, 900,
exclusive Of the regular savings bank
ana trust companies. All the iG,,1ense
manufacturing interests here are run
ming full time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
Wire Tappers Clean UP.
tGate City Leased Wire Servic

0Nale Ilty Ieaser Wire HerVlce /
NEW YORK. Feb. 25.-Five men,
claiming Chicago as their home, have
disappeared from their Broadway
haunts after cleaning UP nearly $780,
900 in New York pool rooms by means
of wire tapping operations. They
gained entree into Gotham sporting
circles by representing themselves to
he friends of EIinky Dink. Kenna,
the Chicago alderman,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
The Great Northwest.

[Gate City Leased Wire Service.1
4 PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 25.--
With millions being poured into Ore
gon and the northwest by the great
railway systems for extensions and
and an unprecedented
influx of settlers from the east and
middle west promised for this spring,
Governor West of Oregon tonight said
that he predicted an unusually pros
porous year for the northwest.
People are beginning to realize
that there is a rich farming empire in
the northwest and market, too
said w. w. Chapman, publicity mana
ger OF the Portland Commercial Club.
.We cannot help but have continued
good times with thousands coming
from the east to make their homes
here and help us work our mines. our
farms. orchards, fisheries, stock
ranches and lumber camps
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
PLEY MONEY
The U. S. A.
spring. Sales in Iowa viii Beat
tcord on Account Of
the Wealth Of
Farmers.
BAN MAKE REPORTS
south,re Prosperous Than Ever
and Other Parts are
In Fine
Shape.
[Gg Leased Wire Service.

DENIES, Iowa. Feb. 25.-Be-
cause, unusual amount Of mon
ey ap, 1t was said here tonight
that sual spring land sales,
whicl end in March. will ex-
coed recent years. Most of the
farmhaye been disposed of with
all oyear's crops, the farmers
hayiI them for higher prices
onlycaught in the slump. The
resul be the dumping on the
marAr the first of the month of
mucl produce which will aid
furtfeduce the cost of living.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
pemocrats Arc Ready.

[Gate City Leased Wire Se-Yicel
WASHINGTON, Feb, 25rhe dem
ocrats are ready to take UP the work
of an extra session, according to Rep
resentative Clayton, dem. Ala
chairman Of the democratic house
caucus, who said to the United Press
tonight:
The democrats Of the house are
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
At the Twin Cities.

lGate City Leased Wire Service
81. PAUL, Mimi, Feb. 25.-FIuc-
tuatlons in the stock market did not
even cause termor of excitement in
business and financial circles In st.
Paul and Minneapolis. Business men
tonight declared themselves most Oh.
tmistlc over the outlook for trade this
spring, through the entire northwest
ern section. The unfavorable condi-
tions OF last tall, due to bad crop con-
ditions, have been discounted by the
prospects for larger and better crops
all through the grain belt.
The statement of James ]. Hill that
there would be no curtailment in ex-
pendltures or laying off of men on the
Hill lines, goes long way toward
maintaining confidence through the
northwest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
Fire at Council Bluffs.

IGate City Leased Wire Service
OMAHA. Neb., Feb. %. Fire of un-
known origin tonight destroyed the
ware house of the Council Bluffs
construction company at Council
Bluffs. Iowa. entailing loss of about
100000, partially covered by insur.
ance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
First Came of Season.

TGate City Leased Wire Service.l
DALLAS. Texas, Feb. 25.-John Me
Cav and Beals Becker were the bat
ting kids today and the New Workers
won over the Dallas Giants by score
of 8 to 0 in the first game of the sea-
son on the local grounds. McGraw
and twenty men will stay over to-
morrow for a second game
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
Bills Not Even Read.

EGate City Leased Wire Seryice.1
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.For the
first time in its history the house
passed Il series of appropriations for
public buildings without even reading
them. The sums totalled S27,284,72s
and were contained in the sGndry civil
bill
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-26
POSSES LOOK
FOR TWO BLACKS
Both Are Wanted For Murder, One
Having Killed His Wife on
Streets.
EGate City Leased Wire servie. !

TULSA, Okla, Feb 25.-Armed pos
ses tonight are pursuing two desper-
ate negroes who are wanted for two
murders here tonight. Garland Cole.
man, it is alleged, shot and instantly
killed his partner in business and Mil
ton Foster, stabbed and fatally injured
his wife, it is said, on the streets of
Tulsa tonight