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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12


learn before he can move on case
at all. He has to learn to follow a
man on the street, in railroad trains,i
on street cars, in hotels, picking him
up and dropping him and picking him
up again, without ever re lily losing
sight of him and without ever being
seen or suspected himself. We kept
track of Mechanical and jim Nc
Namara in that way for months. Our
men even followed them on hunting
trip, and roped' them, as we say
made friends with them and camped
and hunted with them. MECHANICAL has
told US since that they never saw
sign of any one shadowing them. And
they were always testing themselves
They would turn corner and then
hide and watch to see if any one was
following. They would go long dis
tances on unfrequented streets. watch
ing behind them They would jump on
q street car and ride a while and get
OFF and so In another direction III
another car. and watch all the time
to see if any one got on or off after
them"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12
is A BARN A NuisANcE7

The question whether barn is
nuisance or not has just been answer
ed by the supreme court OF Oregon In
suit brought in that state to enjoin
the use of a barn as nuisance plain
tiff alleged that defendants barn, near
ms dwelling, causes great discom-
Tort, because of the stencil and OBJ.
ho&lous odors as well as the accumu-
lation of flies and vermin and the fos.
terlng of rodents in and about the
houses. The supreme court of Oregon
hoids that stable or barn Is not q
nuisance per Sc, but may become one.
and that in this case where it Great.
ed an unsanitary condition in dwell.
ing district and caused the discom-
forts alleged it is a nuisance. The
court says: Because in olden times
both man and beast were housed nm
der the same roof is no reason whv q,
the present time stable should he
used in the resident district of a CITY
where it becomes a nuisance to ada
cent homes. Old thingsj have passed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

A New York paper claims there are
cornstalks in Connecticut '.as large as
a small tree" This is more than off,
set, however, by the declaration of an
Ohio paper that in the Ohio bottom
lands the chief drawback to corn rails
ing is that the squirrels climb the
stalks and when safely out of rifle
range eat the ears while the airship
in its present development wabbles so
that it is no good to shoot from. The
champion liar of the country still re-
sides in the great central valley.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

A writer in Cases of Interest" a
leaflet issued monthly by the West
Publishing Company of St. Paul, tells
OF an old squire who, upon hearing
bis first case and having in mind le-
gal phrases which he had CHANGED to
hear during sessions of court which
he had attended for the purpose of
preparing himself made the state.
ment: The court will now take this
case under advisement till next Tues
day and will then render judgment
for plaintiff He also had in mind
the ironclad rule of his office that -.
p" Justice of Peace more often
means Judgment for Plaintiff"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12
FAvoRs CLARK FOR GOVERNOR.

The Washington Press under it's
new management comes out squarely
for Lieutenant Governor George w.
Clarke for governor 1t seems to re-
gard the choice as between Mr.
Clarke and Prof. P G. Holden. 1t
says it is the friend, admirer and
supporter of the latter, but not for
the governorship, and thus proceeds
to state its preference:
George w Clarke, now Lieutenant
governor, and Professor Holden, stand
for the same progressive principles.
AS governor each would do the same
things for the Iowa farmer and for the
people at large so far as principles
are concerned. Clarke would do them
with the experience, confidence and
energy of past master. Holden
would do them with the uncertainty.
hesitancy and timidity of a novice.
The men are equal for integrity, but
Clarke's ability for the governorship
is as far superior to Holden as Hold
ems ability for agricultural extension
I is superior to that of Clarke Holden
would be no match for the swarm of
politicians that beset governor.
4 i1drh6 lHSiI @lSOEouS UIdStcT cld
they never did and never will get him
into deal that is even questionable.
III Holden does not run there will be
no opposition to Clarke. The people
have the right and ought to demand
the services of both these men each
! in the place he is so well fitted to
4 fll'
The Gate City agrees with the Press
that Mr.. Clarke is the better qualified
Eof the two for the place AS lienten-
ant governor he has demonstrated
both his capability and worthiness.
AS far as can be foreseen there Is no
one in this corner of the state who
would feel aggrieyed if Mr.. Clarke
should be nominated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

Senator John Wade, member of the
Board of Control, is in favor of having
the duties of the state inspector of
county and private insane hospitals
enlarged to include also examination
and inspection of county farms and
all jails. There has been much com
plant because of the fact that the
county farms and jails are badly man
aged and are alleged to be schools of
crime rather than otherwise. At pres
.ent there is no one authorized to
make inspections and no central au-
thority to correct wrongs. A recon-
mendation to the effect that there
should be state inspector will be
made.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

Another mystery has been explain
ed-whether satisfactorily or not de-
Ponds upon the point of view. An
English doctor was asked to explain
how women can wear such flimsy
clothes in cold weather without appar-
ent harm and without much discom-
fort, when man would suffer ter.
ribly SO exposed He says this resist.
ing power is due to an additional lay
er Of fat in the body, acquired in the
days of caye-dwelling. when the wo-
men had to stay in the cold huts
while the men kept warm by hunting
and outdoor activities.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

The annual report of Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham, which has just been
submitted to the President, shows that
during the year the department col
lected s4,000,0O0 in fines which had
been assessed by the courts, mostly
against the trusts and other offenders
against the Sherman law. This has
more than paid the whole expenses of
the department, the attorney general
says In the previous year the activ-
ity was almost as great as in 1911
when the receipts in fines were 3d.
100000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

Last weeks record of bank clear
ings made by far the most encouraging
exhibit for considerable period, the
total at all Leading cities in the United
States aggregating $1,000, 1885, a
gain over last year of 81 per cent and
of 81 per cent compared with the cor
responding week in 1909 These in
creases undoubtedly reflect broaden
ing activity in general business and it
is particularly gratifying to note
that they appear in every section,
which indicates improving conditions
In practically every part OF the coun-
t.ry.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12
Mo Room for Him.

Burlington Gazette: About the
meanest person and the greatest liar
in the world is he who tells little
child that there is no such Individual
as Santa Claus.
Clinton Herald: The Gazette is
right. And more than that it is diff
cult to conceive the 1ittleness of the
spirit of the man or woman who would
attempt to make the children believe
there was no Santa Claus. Half the
pleasures of the youth of the land are
found in the anticipation OF the visits
OF the great and beloved giftmaker.
and to rob them of these pleasures
is little less than criminal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12
Worst for Labor.

Des Moines Register and Leader:
The refusal of the McNamaras to tell
what they knew of the dynamite out
RACES they have been connected with
will work much more to the disad-
vantage Of labor than the most dam
aging disclosures could possibly do.
In the face of admitted crimes a
policy of concealment can only serve
TO give color of probability to the
widest suspicious. Labor now has
but one real interest, and that the
public branding Of every man who
has been in any degree cognizant of
the criminal work of the McNamaras.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12
and the various leaders were called to
the whitehouse for another confer.
.ence.
FIXED the Jury.

CROWN POINT. Ind, Dec. 12.-
Walter Gibson, Gary, Ind, city council
man was placed on trial here Monday
afternoon in connection with alleged
bribery in the letting Of the famous
Thomas B. Dean heating franchise. AS
a special precautior against possible
Jury fixing" it is announced that the
jury will sleep in the court house
during the trial.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12
SHOP EARLY.

Shop early. Buy your Christmas
presents early-early in the day and
early in December That will be
your biggest gift of the holidays to
|the workers behind the counters and
on the delivery wagons
This slogan has been made famous
by the National Consumers League
which, actuated by humanitarian
reasons, has fought to modify the un-
necessary hardships incident to
Christmas shopping. For two weeks
before Christmas most department
stores dc a capacity business" and
the pressure is intensified at every
point. Authentic records from the
lives of clerks, delivery boys and wag-
on drivers show that as a result the
reason of Christmas festival and of
charity for the lame, the halt, and the
blind, reduces to illness and exhaus-
ton the young and faithful who serve
us, seen and unseen.
Though there is a growing appre-
citation of the personal advantages in
buying in comfort from full stocks be-
fore the best goods have been snap
ped up by the early birds, millions Of
people with the best intention in the
world buy their presents late. Our
readers can help not only by good
example but by the timely hint, in
the words of the prime advertiser,
that this means YOU" Articles, car
ltoons, advertisements and street ban
ners have been used to induce shop
Ipers to act, but the most effective APP
peal is the word in time. The word is
EARLY and the. time NOW.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

Californians are now in the midst Of
the orange crop harvest and ship
ments are moving eastward at a rapid
rate, about one week earlier than US
ual. The yield is reported to be one
Of the best in many years, but no re,
duction in prices is anticipated. This
firmness III prices has nothing to do
with supply and demand. Prices are
regulated by the associations, or fruit
trusts. tc Which the growers, who arc
members, belong.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12
housecleaninu Needed.

Iowa City Republican: The Nc
Namara defense fund was raised by
contributions from union men all over
the country. Few of these contribut-
ing knew that the McNamaras were
guilty and few would have contributed
If they had known it. But some of the
highest labor leaders were in posses
sion of the facts when they solicited
the funds, and the unions should I'M
cover them and root them out OF Of
fee and out of the labor ranks, just
as these same leaders disowned the
McNamaras as soon as their guilt
could no longer be concealed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

The Indianola Herald last week
was a thirty-six page paper in four
sections with illuminated cover 1t is
all the time one of the best weeklies
in the state, and when it undertakes
something extra it sets fine exam
pie of superior excellence. The Her
aid is to be congratulated upon its
latest achievement in newspaper pro-
duction.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12
When RiIey,s Gone.

Along about kneedeep in June
Stretched meath tree on the shade
dappled grass,
Well bark the burden Of the honey
tune,
Watch with unconscious eye the
cloud flocks pass
And think of him.
And when the winds howl loud O
nights
And ghostly fingers tap the pane
And witch notes quaver in the gale,
AS in the Orphans wierd refrain,
Well think of him.
Long about Christmas" when our
Improves behavior; in the crowd
That throngs the streets; and as we
fill
The row of stockings we shall hear
His silent voice aloud,
And think of him.
When we recall our vanished youth,
old friends,
Old neighbors, earlier griefs and
joys,
Lost faces of odd sweethearts," touch
with tears
That worn collection of neglected
toys;
Well think of him.
Because he wrought the ballad of our
lives,
Our common human lives of bitter
sweet,
Wove tenderness into it's minor chords
And left the song complete
Well think of him.
Marshalltown Times-Republican.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

A Buffalo paper figures that by the
use of the excess flow of water, power
equivalent to what could be produced
by 100000 tons of coal is turned out
every year on the Niagara river. AS
100000 tons of coal at the price pre-
vailing, would cost about s1S.950,0o0,
the utilization of the water for power
represents an annual saving of that
amount of money. The figures suggest
the enormous amount of potential en-
ergy that is running to waste in the
unused water powers of the country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

Mr.. Il. P. Armknecht of Donnellson
was reelected secretary and treasurer
of the Iowa Implement Dealers Asso-
citation at the recent session of that
organization in Des Moines. Mr.
Armknecht has held this position for
many years and his uninterrupted con
tlnuance in it is fine testimony to his
eihclency and worthiness. At the
sane meeting E. c. Lynn, also of
Donnelison. was instructed to start
OUT and secure larger membership
Tor the organization, and to assist in
forming county associations about the
state. "
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12
The Worst Of n

New York Tribune: q am a little
more composed than l was, but ! am
still indignant To think that I should
have been SO deceived.-Samuel
Gompers.''
Apparently the chief crime of the
McNamaras was their making con
fession which put Gompers in an en-
barrassing plight
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12
Presidential appointments.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service1
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE pres
ident has nominated John J. Bulger
of California to be supervising steam
boat inspector, first district. To be
postmasters.-At Dallas, Texas-Sloan
Simpson; at Port Townsend, Wash
Alphonso +. Learned
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12
HADLEY DENIES
CIGARETTE STORY
Had no Trouble With Texas Colonel
About Smoking in Pull
man Car.

United Press Leased Wire Service.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Dec. 12.--
Governor Hadley says the story that
he had an alteration with Col. Cecil
Lyons of Texas over cigarette smoking
In . Pullman car Is fake.
When asked regarding the incident
as reported, he said: "Yoa can say
that the story Is pure fabrication. /
never had any trouble with Col. Lyons
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

At the recent banquet in Boone to
Northwestern officials one of the
speakers told of picture of a bantam
chicken and a big ostrich egg, with
the inscription underneath, Keep
your eye on this and do your best.
Needless to say the story was one of
the hits of the evening.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

Los Angeles means City of the
Angels, and there is less question
as to the appropriateness of the name
sine the vi men there at the recent
election relegated socialism to the dis
card b. so decisive a majority.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

A list of twenty greatest men com.
piled by Ebert Hubbard includes the
name OF Prof. P. G. Holden and omits
that of George Washington. The sage
of East Aurora probably reasoned that
Washington has been dead long
time
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

DR.. Lyman Abbott, who is still ed
itor of the Outlook, urges the senate
to ratify the Taft peace treaties. Colo
mel Rooseyelt's fulminations do not
affect the editorial policy OF that pub
LEGATION.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

or anyone else regarding the smoking
of cigarettes while on my trip. II
Colonel Lyons had any such trouble,
it was with some one else and not
with me-,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

THE man higher up who is re-
sponsible for crime is the lowest of
them ALL
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

Razor vs. Razor is case set forth
in an Illinois court report. Clear case
of sharp practice.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12
Have RIoht idea

.Des Moines Capital: The imple-
ment men have the right idea about
the parcels post proposition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

The Washington Post declares that
the happy wife makes a poor suffra-
gette. Isn't it the mean thing
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12
THOUGHT FoR The DAY.

Truth is stranger than fiction.
Naturally 1t is much less common.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

away to a certain extent, and many
changes have taken place in the Gus
toms and manners of civilized life."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12
DAILY BY NAIL.

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12
THE OLD. OLD FASHION.

The old, old fashion of Christmas,
The beautiful, old, old way
The heart in a wild commotion,
The soul in whirling play!
Tinsel and trinkets and baubles,
Looking in windows galore,
Life all a rush and a jingle,
Love selling love at store.
The old, old fashion forever
OF Christmas, with child to be
A light on the hills of beauty,
A bubble beneath a tree.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-Secretary
Hilles and Postmaster General Hitch
cocx clashed over the attempt of Hill
les to have Harry s. New, of Indiana,
made chairman of the committee on
arrangements for the national conven-
ton. Hitchcock bitterly opposed New
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

The old, old fashion forever
OF Christmas, with child to be
A light on the hills of beauty,
A bubble beneath tree.
The old, old fashion of Christmas,
A beautiful habit and sweet
The face of the stern turned tender.
The beaming of smiles on the street.
Shoppers by troops and by armies,
Smilers by ranks and by throng,
And ever the old, old spirit
OF dancing and laughter and. song.
The old, old fashion of kindness,
Any everything else above,
The young, and eternal, and lasting
Old. beautiful fashion of love.
The old, old fashion of Christmas,
The choosing and buying, and all;
The ripple of childhood laughter
On winding stairway and hall;
The secrets kept one from another,
The thoughtfulness outweighing
hate;
The coming home loaded with parcels,
The slipping in early and late
The old, old fashion of giving
Not merely the gift but the thought
That is bound in the thread of the
present,
Out of love out of tenderness
wrought.
The old. old fashion of Christmas.
Oh, welcome it, welcome it, men;
With its bubble of childhood spirit,
It's tenderness come again!
It's calling us, ever SO selfish,
Out OF our selfhood, to be
A bubble of life mid the branches
And glory and green of the tree,
The old, old fashion so happy,
Its magic, its music, its swing,
AS it wakes US to gladness and pity,
AS it helps US to love and to sing.
Baltimore Sun.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12
day it was declared Richeson will
formally ask the court to appoint
counsel to defend him.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-In deci-
sion favoring the interstate grain
company, of Sioux City, Iowa, in its
complaint against the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad. the interstate
commerce commission said: THE
commission calls attention to the fact
that 1t is as unlawful for carrier to
|overcharge a shipper as it is to give
min a rebate. In future the commits
sion will ask for the Indictment of
companies refusing to admit over
charges
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

In the fevest possible letters. d. i. n.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

keokkuk, Iowa ........ Dec. Il, 1911
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WELLINGTON, n. T., Dec. -. -
Complete returns from the election
show that nation wide prohibition has
been defeated by a majority or 52,25S.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

BOSTON, Mass, Dec. 12.-Despite
denials, it is evident that Rev. c. v.
It. Richeson, indicted for the murder
of Miss Avis Linnell has been aban-
doned by Moses Grant Edmunds'
father of Miss Violet Edmunds. Ed
munds has heretofore borne all the
expenses of the Richeson defense. To-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-12

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE SUI
preme court held that an employer
is responsible for the negligence of his
employees, resulting in injury to fell
low employe and held constitutional
the Arkansas law exempting corpora
tions from application of the fellow
servant rule. George H. Ramsey AN
engineer, will get $4,000 damages
from the Aluminium company of Amer
lea.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-06-22
(Madsre S69z0)

(Madsre 56020)
Will make the season Of 1911, at Spans
Livery Barn, Terms; Sl200 for colt I, to
stand and suck; 5000 to insure with
foal. Care will be taken to prevent
accidents, but will not be responsible
should any occur. Service will become
due for all mares sold or removed from
County at time of removal.
Owners, DeLaet & Holden.