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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Mrs. Frank Scott Has Thirteen Chill
dren All Under Five Years of
Age and Beats the
Railroads.
MOST ARE TR1pLETs
Two Sets Of Doubles and Five Sets
Of Threes in This Remark
able Family From
Oklahoma

MUSKOGEE, Okla March 17--Mr
and Mrs. Frank Scott of Highland,
Kan, are seeking home in this state
with plenty of land. They will need
it, for although they have been mar
rled not quite ten years, they are the
parents Of 10 children, all boys, and
13 of them are living. They hold the
record for triplets. having Ave sets
to their credit, and two sets of twins.
The 13 boys living are under years
Iof age.
Recently the SCOTS. deciding that
they must find more land. went to AL
berta. Canada. They we're not satisfl-
ed there and returned On the return
trip Mrs. Scott and her 13 children all
rode on one first-class ticket. At Oma-
ha the conductor made a vigorous
protest.
Madam, you cannot carry a whole
Sunday school along with you on
that one ticket" he said, land you
need not tell me those are all yours
You will have to pay fare for some of
them.'
'"The rules of this railroad provids
that child under years of age may
ride free when accompanied by par
ent with first-class ticket don't
lthey?. retorted Mrs. Scott.
i They do, but you will have to show
me-
J, Mrs Scott dug down into her wills.
Z and Brought out the family bible, II
which is recorded the names and thu
ages of each Of the children. The con
ductor had to give In. The mother anS
!. children occupied five double seats il
the homeseeker's car and paid fol
only one.
The names and ages OF the children
are: Ashbell, Archer and Austin, trip
} let's. Az years old; Arthur and Ar
mold, twins; 31s; Allan, Almon ant
Albin, triplets, 21a Albert, Albiol
: and Adolph, triplets, Is months: Abe
: and Abner, twins, months Mrs
: Scott is 80 years old and her husband
is one year her senior.
> The mother and children are now il
Highland, Kansas, while the father i
in Oklahoma seeking location. ii
plans to buy some cheap Indian land
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17

WEST PAID THE HIGHEST
Average Wage for Labor on Nevada
Farms Was $54 Per Month
While Carolina Paid Bur
$3.50.

WASHINGTON, March 17.--Hfghsr
laborers during 1910 than at any
time in the last forty-five years. ac-
cordfng TO stahstics just made public
by the department of agriculture. The
average wage for the country WAS
$2750 per month during 1910, while
twenty years ago Il was only $ts.ss.
with board the average wage was
1921. In some parts Of the country
the rate of wages Of farm laborers
was higher than in others. The high
est was in Nevada, where the rats
was s54 while in Montana and Wash
ington 1t was $50. South Caroline paid
the lowest rate. $3.50 a month.
In the New England and North At
lantic states the average was 1919
with Massachusetts paying the high
est, 1920. With board the average
was s21.65.
In the South Atlantic states the av-
erage was $19.75 with West Virginia
paying the highest. s29. With boar,i
the average was $13.77.
In the northern central states east
of the Mississippi river, the average
was s81,S1 with Wisconsin paying the
highest, $37.25, With board the aver
age was s22,94.
In the northern central states west
of the mississippi the average was
s35,45 with North Dakota paying the
highest, s42. With board the average
was $3.50.
i In the south central states the av-
lerage was $21.90 with Oklahoma pay
ing the highest. s2s1o. With board
4 the average was $1b2S.
In the far western states the aver
age was $46.4s with Nevada paying
the highest. s54. With board the ay.
erage was $3.50.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
cauoht in Belt.

GALESBURG. H., March 1T.-John
Leadbetter q laborer at the Puring-
ton Brick Company. met his death in
trying to put belt on revolving
wheel, while the shaft was still turn
ing. In doing SO his body was caught
between the belt and wheel, which re-
suited in a broken arm and leg and
severe scalp wounds. He was taken
at once to the Galesburg hospital
where he died shortly afterwards.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17

Take as many corks as are required,
cut them in two and pass short pin
through each piece, so that the point
protrudes at the other end. Fix one
piece on each Of the two lower back
corners of your picture frames. This
prevents the pictures. when hung,
from touching the walls and permits
current of air to pass uninterrupt-
edly between, carrying off all damp
and moisture that would otherwise be
absorbed by the pictures.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Something OF a Joke.

A good example of the kind OF story
Mark Twain used to like to weave into
his after-dinner speeches was the tale
OF the drinker who unwillingly put IN
an application for membership in q
temperance society. sailed the next
day on three years voyage. on
which he kept the pledge in spite OF
longing and temptation. and returned
to resign only to find that his name
had been blackballed originally.-Buf-
falo Commercial.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Elonsrs Are Nabbsd.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. March H..
George Mcneil, Frisco section man
at Wittenberg, and Miss Mamie Boyce
eloped from Wittenberg and came to
Cape Girardeau. They were arrested
as they stepped from the train. Nc
Neil is said to have flourished pis-
tol at his fiance's father and her
brother. A deputy sheriff took Nc
Neil back to Wittenberg and the girl
was given into the custody Of friends.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Illinois Phone Men Elect.

QUINCY, H., March 1.-THE IL
linois Independent Telephone Associa-
tion adjourned after electing there
officers: l.. A. Herric1, Freep>rt,
president; e. S. Sterrett. Henry, vice
president; w. W. halliday Jackson
vile, treasurer; NJ. B. Farmell, Bloom
ington, secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Good Manners a Reouisite.

unusual talents and worldly success
are all to be desired. but nothing will
compensate for lack of good man
ners, while the possession of good
manners will frequently make amends
for a certain lack of book knowledge
talent and world success.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Plaque Reaches Trinidad

WASHINGTON, March 15.-Plague
has appeared at Port-Au-Spain, Trini-
dad, according to telegram received
by the state department from Ameri-
can Consul Hale at that point. Only
one case of the disease has so far
developed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Mining the Harbor.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 17-
Three companies of coast artillery
VIII commence planting mines In the
harbor here April /. AT the same
time a regiment will take possession
OF the fort and will commence target
practice This move is considered
significant considering the possibility
OF trouble with Japan.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Hookworm Ravases Checked.

WASHINGTON March 15.-Excel-
lent results are being accomplished in
the fight being waged in tho south
against the hook-worm infection, ac-
cording to reports from the commits
sion established by ]. D. Rockefeller's
s1,000,000 donation DR. G. w. Stiles,
scientific secretary of the commission.
believes scientific treatment is get
ting the upper hand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Fire at Luray.

LURAY, Mo, March lT.-Fire broke
out here and portion of the town was
destroyed before the flames could be
subdued. The fire started in the
Sinssea residence and spread to the
business houses, taking restaurant,
blacksmith shop, livery stable md
some other buildings. Loss about
$4,000; partly covered by insurance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Strike h,oe over.

SOMERSET, Ky. March 17.-IIhat
the firemens strike will not be ended
soon on the Queen G. Crescent was
stated here today It is declared there
is actual suffering in several towns
for want of staple foods and business
along the line is demoralized.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
THREE CHILDREN
WERE CREMATED
Father Heard Their Cries But Was
Unable to 90 to Their
Assistance.

FREELAND, Pa. March T.-Three
Young children OF John Gallas were
burned to death today in their home
which was destroyed The father
found 1t impossible to get to the attic
where the children slept. He heard
their cries but was unable to save
them. !.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Deterioration Of the Fog.

Has the fox deteriorated In recent
vears? Authorities differ in their opin-
ions. MY own is that he has not the
stamina, and often not the constitu-
tion or the bone of the species 30 or
sr years ago-Country Gentleman
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
KENYON MAKES
ANOTHER GAIN
Lacks But Nine Votes Now of Break
ing the Senatorial
Deadlock.

DEs MONIES, March IL Kenyon
gained again in the joint ballot today
for United States senator and was
but nine votes short Of being elected.
The vote:
Deemer, 333
Kenyon, 6S.
O'Connor, 81.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
AeropIane Test.

WASHINGTON. March 17.-An un-
announced exhibition of aeroplanes in
warfare was made here today by j.
A. D. McCurdy. before Secretary OF
War Dickinson and others. He flew
for over half an hour over the city
and showed how bombs could be drop
ped
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Dynamite Kills Stone Cutter.

DAVENPORT, March 1T.--Angelo
Ingeltoff, stone cutter, was instantly
killed in an explosion of dynamite
which he was tamping into place at
tie quarry. A Bulgarian had an arm
blown off.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
steel Trust Official Resigns.

NEW YORK, March Nv. b..
Dickson has rendered his resignation
as vice president of the United States
Steel Corporation, to take effect on
May !. The resignation has been ac-
cepted
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17

Guatemalan President lnaugurated.
NEW YORK, March IA cable
dispatch received by Guatemalan
counsel from Guatemala City an
nounces the Inauguration of President
Manuel Estrada Cabrera for his third
term as chief executive.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
misunderstanding.
In a Short Time.

PARIS, March 17.-"Japan must at
|tack the United States before 1912,
1.-THE date of the opening of the Panama
[canal,' said Admiral George For
|neir, head of the French navy, in an
INTERVIEW with The United Press to-
|day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Japs leave for Mexico.

DENVER, M-.rch 17.-Nearly all of
the Japanese servants in and around
Denver are leaving in squads and go
ing south toward Mexico. They give no
reasons for their movements.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Mining Another Harbor.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, March 17.--It was
learned today that the planting of
mines in the harbor here had been
going on for ten days. The work has
been going on at nights.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Roosevelt is Ready for War.

ALBUQUERQUE, March 17.-Col.
Roosevelt before leaving for Arizona
made arrangements to form COM
pany Of rough riders in case of war
with Japan. His company will consist
OF old rough riders.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Do You Kno,s,-

and lag Do know
industrial and that The Daily
o and
eY New things happening Keokuk the that tells
10
The he
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
PEACE DOVE IS
|. FLUT7ERlNG near
Latest Mexican Rumors Are That
President Diaz Has Offered
Peace Terms to the
Rebels.
HEAD OFF AMERICA s.
overatures Are Thought to Have
Been Made to Maderro in Or
der to Prevent U. s.
Intervention.

Ell PASO, March IA statement
issued by Gonzales Cara, the Mexi-
can provisional secretary of state
Quilting the terms of peace the insur-
gents would accept is interpreted to
mean that President Diaz may have
made oyertures to Maderro for peace
with view of heading off American
intervention.
The fact that Limantour is speed.
ing here on a special car from New
York leads to the belief that peace
oyertures are being made.
Through st. Louis Last Night.
ST. LOUIS, March 1.-THE private
car Hidalgo, understood to have or
BOARD Senor Limantour, Mexican min
lister of finance, hurrying from New
York to Mexico City, passed through
st. Louis last night very closely
guarded in order to prevent any dem
onstration or bodily harm which might
come from emissaries of the insur
rectos or their sympathizers.
The car came in over the Pennsyl
vania at $40 p. m. All efforts te
reach Senor Limantour failed. TIL,
door was guarded by a diplomat,
young man who said he was Autur,
La Madrid, that he owned the. ca
and was merchant of Mexico Cit.
travelling from New York with friends
Every effort possible was made b
! the occupants of the car to Keep ava
reporters and others who wished t
see the minister of finance. Immedi
ately the name Limantour was mer
I toned the Mexican forgot to tall
English and would answer with char
acteristic shoulder shrugs. One o
! the party volunteered the assertion
that Senor Limantour had left NeN
York yesterday by boat, forgetting h
had said minute before that he wa
entirely unacquainted with the move
ments of the minister.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
|ILL RALLY
AROUND TAFT
han Full Facts of Army Movement
H.. Known, the People Will be
PraIsins the Presi-
dent.
|APAN AS AN OBJECT
,overnment Official Gives Out State
ment Which Puts Trust
In Actions Of the
President.

WASHINGTON, March II.
From the highest authority
here comes evidence that Jap
In has been spending money
or the Mexican revolution and
Expected to be rewarded by a
oaling station.
The demonstration on the
border is expected to break off
|he Japaense plan.
There is a little lingo in this.
L the order to move comes, the
hrst act will be to mobilize the
bational guards and 10000 sol
Hers will be sent into Mexico
10 stop the japanese plan, un-
fer pretext Of protecting the
American interests.
There is no trouble between
President Diaz and President
Taft.
Misunderstanding.
i WASHINGTON, March t7.Japan
rather than Mexico, is the objective
pnove of the army maneuyers. This
Statement was made today to The
United Press by an official.
President Taft is today the mos
misunderstood man in the country,
E,aid this official. "Those who havs
criticized him in this matter are
:nerely putting themselves in bat
Fight. The president did not ordel
|these ma euvers without thought tha
he would be questioned for the reason
EWhen the full facts are known, all tn,
people will rally to his support
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Senator stone Better.

KANSAS CITY, March IL. Sena-
tor Stone who has had the grip for
several days, shows considerable i'm
provement today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and vicintty-Unset-
tied with snow or rain and colder
tonight. Saturday generally fair and
colder.
For Illinois Increasing cioudiness
with rain or snow northern and rain
southern portion tonight or Saturday.
Colder Saturday.
For Iowa Unsettled with snow
or rain and colder tonight Saturday
generally fair with colder east por-
ton.
For Missourt--Unsettled weather
with rain or snow tonight or Satur-
day. Colder Saturday and north and
west portions tonight
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Local Observations.

March. Bar Their. Wind Weather
16 7 p. m. .3a20 81 Sc Clear
II Z a. NJ. 29.s2 35 S HAY
Mean temperature, 2G.
Highest temperature, 50.
Lowest temperature rs.
Lowest temperature last night 30.
FRED q, GOslswlsCll,
Observer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Common Law Marriages Are Prohibit
ed In the State Unless Con-
tracts Are Already
Completed.
sPoRTsMENs MEASURE
Anti-convlct Labor Bill Has Been
Signed by Governor and
Now Becomes
Law.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, March IL.
Marriages under the common law
are prohibited in Missouri by bill
which passed the house by vote of
50 to 81.
Mr. Britton of st. Louis county is
the author of the act It does not ap-
ply to contracts entered into prior to
the passage of the bill.
The Boyd bill. intended to permit
hunting in the home county and adj
joining counties of rural hunters up
on the payment Of a license fee OF 81
was defeated in the house by vote
Of 60 to 80. The measure was opposed
by sportsmen of the cities and larger
towns, who argued that it would have
a tendency to encourage pot hunt
ers."
Gov. Hadley signed the anti-convict
labor bill, which provides for the grad
ual abolition OF the existing system in
/ the prison of permitting the convicts
to work at contract prices for private
manufacturers.
Beginning year from April 300 of
the convlcts will be put to work man
4 ufacturing articles to be used only In
i state institutions. An additional SOC
II will be farmed out to various coun
4 ties to build good roads.
Each year an equal number will be
withdrawn from the contract factor
lies until the entire system has been
: eliminated.
Other Bills Passed.
4 Permitting state institutions tc
!; place funds in the local bank offering
the highest rate of interest.
! Railroad anti-rate discrimination
bill. This was introduced by Mr.
, Lloyd of st. Louis at the request o.
!, Gov. Hadley and is similar to the
! Phelps bill, which has passed boti
houses.
Classifying vital statistics law 81
as to permit local registrars to issue
burial certificates.
Making it prima facie evidence o
an intention to defraud for man to
pass bad check on hotelkeeper.
Prohibiting the gigging of fish.
Permitting highway engineers I,
open roads without petition.
Requiring druggists to file month
lily with county clerk list of all pre-
scriptions calling for Intoxicating Ii
! Quors.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Weather Conditions.

The field Of high pressure from
the Central Valleys has moved to the
Atlantic Coast, where the weather la
generany fair, and moderately cool,
and the advancing western era of
low pressure forms a trough extend
ing from Western Texas to Minnesota
the temperature rising with its ad-
vance from the Rockies eastward, and
there has been light snow from the
Rockies to the Upper Lake Region.
A field of high pressure developing
in Montana, is attended by falling
temperature in the northwest.
Conditions indicate rain or snow
for this section tonight, followed by
clearing colder weather Saturday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Daily River Bulletin
stage Height Change M.tht
River Forecast

The river will fall slowly for the
next As hours
The Appeal., 1911-07-08
GRANDFATHER CLAUSE VOID.

Judge John H. Cotteral of the United
States District Court at Oklahoma
City, Okla, has overruled the demur-
rer of defendants in the case of the
United States against four election
officers, holding the grandfather
clause" amendment to the state con-
stitution invalid, because it is in vio-
lation of the Fifteenth amendment to
the Federal Constitution. @..
The power to grant the right to
vote, the Court held, was not given to
the Federal Government, but the
Fifteenth Amendment decreed that the
right to vote should not be denied any
person because of race, color or pre-
vious condition of seryitude.''
To make the subsection Of certain
individuals to the educational test"
dependent on their condition before
1856 would make it dependent on their
race and color, the Court held.
The grandfather clause" exempts
from the educational test' those
whose ancestors were entitled to vote
on January 1, 1865, or were residents
of foreign country. Under this clause
Afro-Americans were denied the right
to vote. .... 49,
The Appeal., 1911-07-08

in which he gives the Aryan theory
a hard blow
Civilization didn't come from the
East, he says, backing up what Prof.
Sergi OF the University of Rome and
his followers have declared from time
to time. 1--WE found out things for
ourselves and Africa supplied the rest
of our knowledge"
Not even in Egypt does the new
school admit any great Asiatic in.
fiuence. Before the Pharaohs came
that is, before 5000 B. C.-the customs
and beliefs of the dynastic periods
were well started.
Mosso says naturalists are agreed
in admitting the preponderating in
f1uence of Africa upon the population
of Europe. Froma.Africa man pro-
badly passed to Europe, and in the
Stone Age had increased so as to
form considerable population Ger
tain scientists have for years declared
that the fair races have always DOM
mated their darker brethren and civil
lization came through them alone, so
THE APPEAL may be pardoned for
expressing great satisfaction at the
fall of the ARYAN theory.
The Appeal., 1911-07-08

Some of the people to whom. THE
APPEAL is as regularly sent as it is
issued-and that is every Saturday,
act as though they are under neither
legal nor moral obligations to pay for
it, when, as a matter of fact, they
are under both. There is no law COM
pelling any one to receive THE AP-
PEAL, but there is law to compel any
one to pay for it who receives it, upon
the principle of law that one must
pay for anything he receives. Order
ing paper discontinued does not pay
any amount that may be due and un-
paid, and the publisher has the right
to continue to send his paper until
whatever may be due for it is fully
paid; then an order to discontinue
must be obeyed. 1t is hoped that
every one who reads this, that is in
>debted to the paper, will bring or send
to the office the amount due. Every
one who receives THE APPEAL is
expected to pay for it.
The Appeal., 1911-07-08
CANNON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
AIMS AND METHODS

AIMS AND METHODS
The aim of this school is to do prac-
tical work in helping men towards sue
cess in the ministry. Its course Of study
is broad and practical; it's ideas are high;
it's work is thorough; it's methods are
fresh systematic clear and simple.
COURSE OF STUDY.
The regular course of study occupies
three years. and covers the lines Of work
in the several departments of theological
instruction usually pursued in the lead
ing theological seminaries of the country.
EXPENSES AND AID.
Tuition and room rent are free. The
apartments for students are plainly fur
dollars per month. Buildings heated by
steam.
Aid from loans without interest," and
gifts of friends are granted to deserving
students who do their utmost in the line
of self-help. No young man with grace.
gifts, and energy, need be, deprived OF
the advantages now opened to him in
this Seminary For further particulars
address "~
THE PRESIDENT,
-. Cannon Theological Seminary,
r. Atlanta, Georgia..
The Appeal., 1911-07-08
CASTE CHRISTIANITY. IN AFRICA.

CASTE CHRISTIANITY IN AFRICA.
The alleged Christians in South
Africa, who have proved to be ex-
perts in drawing the color line polit-
ically, have introduced it into the
church as the following will show:
Zone of the clauses of the Dutch
Reformed Churches Bill provides that
in the United Church colored mem
bers of the Cape Church today will
not be entitled to membership of the
United Church in neighboring Prov
ince. On this vital clause, which at
the outset Mr.. Louw, who is in charge
of the Bill, declared to be an absolute
essential to the Union of the Churches
in the various Provinces, issue was
joined, and most memorable and
dramatic debate resulted. Broadly,
the supporters of the clause, promi-
nent among whom was the Prime Min
lister, defended it on the ground that
it followed the principle laid down in
the Act Of Union. The clause was